Official Name: | Hub, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Hub |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marion |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 144 |
Coordinates: | 31.1456°N -89.75°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 691947 |
Hub is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
South of Hub is the Lower Little Creek, a tributary of the Pearl River.
Hub was never incorporated, and had a post office from 1899 to 1954.
A shortline logging railroad, constructed by Camp & Hinton Brothers in the 1880s, began in Hub and extended several miles south. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, a mainline railroad, was built through Hub in 1899.[1]
Hub once had two operating sawmills and had a population of 25 in 1900.[2]
In 1945, Humble Oil discovered the Hub Field. It eventually produced 350 billion cubic feet of natural gas and eight million barrels of oil.[3] The California Oil Company and the Pan American Petroleum Corporation also operated wells in the Hub Field.[4]