Cedarbluff, Mississippi Explained

Official Name:Cedarbluff, Mississippi
Pushpin Map:Mississippi#USA
Pushpin Label:Cedarbluff
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Clay
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:266
Coordinates:33.5867°N -88.8322°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:39741[1]
Area Code:662
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:668181

Cedarbluff (or Cedar Bluff) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. It is located in south central Clay County along Mississippi Highway 50.

History

Cedarbluff is located on the former Southern Railway.[2] Cedarbluff was formerly home to a school and two churches.[3]

A post office operated under the name Cedar Bluff from 1847 to 1895 and began operating under the name Cedarbluff in 1895.[4]

In 1915 an unnamed black man was lynched in Cedarbluff for allegedly entering the room of a white woman.[5] In 1916, an African-American man, Jeff Brown was lynched by a mob "for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train." Pictures of his lynching were sold to white citizens for five cents each and were used to intimidate African-Americans in the region.[6] In 1920, a destructive tornado struck Cedarbluff directly causing major damage.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cedarbluff ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 11, 2022. November 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128123345/https://www.zipdatamaps.com/39741. live.
  2. Web site: Howe . Tony . Cedar Bluff, Mississippi . Mississippi Rails . 26 May 2020 . 11 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200111070424/http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Cedar_Bluff.htm . live .
  3. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 1907 . 1 . 381.
  4. Web site: Clay County . Jim Forte Postal History . 26 May 2020 . 3 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703061338/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ms&county=Clay . live .
  5. News: Short Items for Busy Men. 22 December 2017. 2 July 1915. 22 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105326/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89065008/1915-07-02/ed-1/seq-2/. live.
  6. Book: Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror: Second Edition: Report Summary. 2015. Equal Justice Initiative. Montgomery, Alabama. 15. White men lynched Jeff Brown in 1916 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train.. 2017-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170429053159/http://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-second-edition-summary.pdf. 2017-04-29. dead.

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