Official Name: | Baird, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sunflower |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 36 |
Elevation Ft: | 118 |
Coordinates: | 33.425°N -90.5°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38751 |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 711032 |
Baird is an unincorporated community located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
Baird is approximately 3miles west of Moorhead and 10miles southeast of Indianola.
The settlement was named for John Rupert Baird, the former owner of the town site.[1]
In the early 1900s, a station of the Southern Railway was located in Baird.[1] The track, originally crossing the state from Columbus to Greenville, is currently owned and operated by the Columbus and Greenville Railway, and line is now truncated as far as Greenwood.[2]