Trebloc, Mississippi Explained

Official Name:Trebloc, Mississippi
Pushpin Map:Mississippi#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Mississippi##Location within the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chickasaw
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:318
Coordinates:33.8411°N -88.8303°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:38875[1]
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:678866

Trebloc is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. It is located at the intersections of Highways 8 and 47, 10.5miles southeast of Houston, Mississippi.

History

Trebloc is named after a historic Chickasaw-Scots family located in the area named "Colbert", who used letters in their name to create the town name "Trebloc" (an ananym).[2]

A small United States post office is located at Trebloc, as is the historic house of a doctor. Trebloc post office was established June 23, 1894, with Joseph M. Colbert as first postmaster.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trebloc ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 11, 2022.
  2. Phelps . Dawson A. . Edward Hunter Ross . Fall 1952 . Names Please: Place Names along the Natchez Trace . The Journal of Mississippi History . Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Historical Society . 14 . 240 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007112216/http://mdah.state.ms.us/pubs/natchez_place-names.pdf#page=24 . 2010-10-07 .
  3. Gallagher, John S. and Patera, Alan H. (1996) Mississippi Post Offices, p. 28. Lake Grove, Oregon: The Depot,