Official Name: | Vossburg, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Vossburg |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jasper |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 495 |
Coordinates: | 31.9289°N -88.9408°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 39366 |
Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 690941 |
Vossburg is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP code is 39366.[1]
Vossburg is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway. The community was incorporated in 1900.[2] The incorporation charter was repealed on March 17 in 1904.[3]
The community was once home to an express mail office, four stores, a church, school, and cotton gin. The community was also home to a Lithia spring that was used for its purported healing qualities.[4] The Vossburg Lithia Springs Company (based in Gulfport) advertised nationally and claimed that the water healed "albuminuria, diabetes mellitus, uric acid diathesis, [and] cystitis...".[5]
A post office operated under the name Vosburgh from 1882 to 1893, under the name Vosburg from 1893 to 1951, and first began operating under the name Vossburg in 1951.[6]