Waverly, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Waverly is located in Mississippi
Waverly
Waverly
Waverly is located in the United States
Waverly
Waverly
Coordinates: 33°34′03″N 88°30′14″W / 33.56750°N 88.50389°W / 33.56750; -88.50389
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClay
Elevation
184 ft (56 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code662
GNIS feature ID679395[1]

Waverly (also Mullens Bluff, Waverley, Waverley Plantation) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.[1][2]

Waverly is located on the former Southern Railway.[3] Waverly was once home to a church, saw mill, and grist mill.[4] A ferry once operated in Waverly that was used to cross the Tombigbee River.[5]

A post office operated under the name Waverly from 1879 to 1906.[6]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Waverly, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation-Clay County
  3. ^ Howe, Tony. "Waverly, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
  5. ^ Jack D. Elliott Jr.; Elizabeth A. Calvert; Rebecca M. Riley (August 3, 2015). West Point and Clay County. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4396-5259-6.
  6. ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  7. ^ Pate, James. "John Pitchlynn". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 29, 2023.


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