Pheba, Mississippi Explained

Official Name:Pheba, Mississippi
Pushpin Map:Mississippi#USA
Pushpin Label:Pheba
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Clay
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.41
Area Land Km2:5.41
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:2.09
Area Land Sq Mi:2.09
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:160
Population Density Km2:29.58
Population Density Sq Mi:76.63
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:266
Coordinates:33.5842°N -88.9497°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:39755
Area Code:662
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:675673

Pheba is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. Pheba is located at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 50 and Mississippi Highway 389 and is approximately 7miles west of Cedarbluff.

Although an unincorporated community, Pheba has a post office and a zip code of 39755.

History

Pheba was named for Mrs. Pheba Robinson.[2] The community is located on the former Southern Railway and was incorporated in 1890.[3]

A post office first began operation under the name Pheba in 1890.[4]

In 2000, Pheba was the site of the first sporting event in which an all-black team participated in a contest sanctioned by the Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA), which was founded as an organization for segregation academies that originally existed to avoid integration of whites and blacks in public schools when Hebron Christian played against the all-black Christ Missionary and Industrial College High School (CM&I). CM&I had previously not played football for decades and fielded a team of only 14 players.[5]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 160.[6]

Demographics

2020 census

Pheba CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2020[7] !% 2020
White alone (NH)9861.25%
Black or African American alone (NH)5735.63%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)42.50%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)00.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)10.63%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)00.00%
Total160100.00%

Notable person

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. July 24, 2022.
  2. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 1907 . 2 . 420.
  3. Web site: Howe . Tony . Pheba, Mississippi . Mississippi Rails . 27 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Clay County . Jim Forte Postal History . 27 May 2020.
  5. News: Wilson . Robert . Hebron Christian Thumps CM&I 55-6 in Historic Game . 27 May 2020 . Clarion Ledger . August 19, 2000.
  6. Web site: Pheba CDP, Mississippi. United States Census Bureau. March 13, 2022.
  7. Web site: P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pheba CDP, Mississippi. .
  8. Web site: Billy Jefferson . 4 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207212007/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JEFFEBIL01 . 7 December 2013 .