Official Name: | Rudyard, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Rudyard |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Coahoma |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 164 |
Coordinates: | 34.335°N -90.5367°W |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 692192 |
Rudyard is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 61 in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Rudyard is 10 miles north of Clarksdale and two miles south of Coahoma along Old Highway 61 and is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[1] A post office operated under the name Hillhouse from 1899 to 1956.[2]
Joseph H. Jackson, a pastor and the longest serving president of the National Baptist Convention, was born in Rudyard.