Perdue, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Mississippi Highway 494 in Perdue
Mississippi Highway 494 in Perdue
Perdue, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Perdue, Mississippi
Perdue, Mississippi
Perdue, Mississippi is located in the United States
Perdue, Mississippi
Perdue, Mississippi
Coordinates: 32°30′53″N 88°58′56″W / 32.51472°N 88.98222°W / 32.51472; -88.98222
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyNewton
Elevation
397 ft (121 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code601
GNIS feature ID692139[1]

Perdue is an unincorporated community located in Newton County, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP Code is 39337.[2]

History

Perdue was first established in 1905 as the junction of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad and Buckwalter Lumber Company logging road based out of Union, Mississippi. There was a commissary there, maintained by the railroad, which served the lumbermen that resided there. Dummy lines were built north extending into Neshoba County, where logging was done by contractors. The town had a large depot and several camp cars where railroad employees lived. At one point, it had nearly 100 residents.[3] When all of the timber was gone, logging was abandoned and the town lost most of its industry.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perdue, Mississippi
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2021). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Beeman, Carl T. "10 Dec 1986, 54 - The Newton Record at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Brieger, James F (1997). Hometown Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.: Town Square Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-886017-05-4. OCLC 38255017.


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