Official Name: | Dobson, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi |
Pushpin Label: | Dobson, Mississippi |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Mississippi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rankin |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 394 |
Coordinates: | 32.1628°N -89.8972°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 709022 |
Dobson is a ghost town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
Dobson was located approximately 9.6miles southeast of Brandon.
Dobson had a post office from 1886 to 1909.[1]
R.M. "Uncle Dock" Gray of Dobson owned the first car in the community, a Maxwell touring car.[2]
Dobson still had a voting precinct in 1984.[2]