Official Name: | Thrasher, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Prentiss |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 482 |
Coordinates: | 34.7194°N -88.5339°W |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 678733 |
Thrasher is an unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States.
It was named for John H. Thrashe, a settler appointed as the first postmaster. The hamlet was a flag stop on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built in the 1850s.[1]