Knoxville, Mississippi

Knoxville is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States.

Knoxville, Mississippi
Knoxville is located in Mississippi
Knoxville
Knoxville
Knoxville is located in the United States
Knoxville
Knoxville
Coordinates: 31°22′44″N 91°07′15″W / 31.37889°N 91.12083°W / 31.37889; -91.12083
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyFranklin
Elevation
141 ft (43 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID693669[1]

History

edit

Knoxville is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[2] The community was incorporated in 1886 and named for Knoxville, Tennessee.[3]

A post office operated under the name Knoxville from 1849 to 1955.[4]

The Knoxville White Male and Female Academy was opened in Knoxville in 1886.[5]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Knoxville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Howe, Tony. "Knoxville, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1003.
  4. ^ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Geoghegan, Ann Allen. "Early Schools in Franklin County, Mississippi". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved December 2, 2020.