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.
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]
White alone (NH) | 98 | 61.25% | |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 57 | 35.63% | |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 4 | 2.50% | |
Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 1 | 0.63% | |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Total | 160 | 100.00% |