Ruth, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Ruth is located in Mississippi
Ruth
Ruth
Ruth is located in the United States
Ruth
Ruth
Coordinates: 31°22′54″N 90°18′59″W / 31.38167°N 90.31639°W / 31.38167; -90.31639
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLincoln
Elevation
463 ft (141 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39662
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID676974[1]

Ruth is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 39662.[2]

History

Ruth is located on the former Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad and was first settled in the 1880s. The community is named for the daughter of Smith Felder, who opened its first post office in 1891.[3]

In 1900, Ruth had a population of 20.[4]

The Ruth School was founded in 1924 with funding from the Smith-Hughes Act. In 1941, the Works Progress Administration remodeled the school building. The school closed in 1961.[5]

Notable person

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Ruth, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Howe, Tony. "Ruth, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 585.
  5. ^ "Site of Ruth School". hmdb.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Oscar C. 'O.C.' McDavid". The Columbian-Progress. Columbia, Mississippi. March 19, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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