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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Basic, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°13′07″N 88°46′09″W / 32.21861°N 88.76917°W / 32.21861; -88.76917
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClarke
Elevation269 ft (82 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes601 & 769
GNIS feature ID666554

Basic is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Basic is located on the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was once home to two sawmills and two general stores.

A post office called Basic was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1945. A variant name was "Basic City". The origin of the name "Basic" is obscure.

In South and West: From a Notebook, Joan Didion notes that when she visited the town in the 1970s, it was "not on the map."

A member of the Tallahatta Formation known as Basic City Shale is named for Basic.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Basic
  2. Howe, Tony. "Basic, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 141.
  5. Didion, Joan (2017). South and West: From a Notebook. London, U.K.: 4th Estate. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-00-825717-0. Basic City, Mississippi, a town not on the map.
  6. Merrill, Robert K.; Sims, James J.; Gann, Delbert E.; Liles, Kenneth J. (1985). "Newton County geology and mineral resources" (PDF). Mississippi Bureau of Geology Bulletin. 126: 25. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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