Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
| Baird, Mississippi | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Abandoned store and post office in Baird | |
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| Coordinates: 33°25′30″N 90°30′00″W / 33.42500°N 90.50000°W / 33.42500; -90.50000 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Sunflower |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38751 |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 711032 |
Baird is an unincorporated community located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
Baird is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Moorhead and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Indianola.
The settlement was named for John Rupert Baird, the former owner of the town site.
In the early 1900s, a station of the Southern Railway was located in Baird. The track, originally crossing the state from Columbus to Greenville, is currently owned and operated by the Columbus and Greenville Railway, and line is now truncated as far as Greenwood.
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References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baird, Mississippi
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 179.
- "Columbus and Greenville Railway – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".
| Municipalities and communities of Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States | ||
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| County seat: Indianola | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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