Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
| Perdue, Mississippi | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Mississippi Highway 494 in Perdue | |
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| Coordinates: 32°30′53″N 88°58′56″W / 32.51472°N 88.98222°W / 32.51472; -88.98222 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Newton |
| Elevation | 397 ft (121 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 601 |
| GNIS feature ID | 692139 |
Perdue is an unincorporated community located in Newton County, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP Code is 39337.
History
Perdue was first established in 1905 as the junction of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad and Buckwalter Lumber Company logging road based out of Union, Mississippi. There was a commissary there, maintained by the railroad, which served the lumbermen that resided there. Dummy lines were built north extending into Neshoba County, where logging was done by contractors. The town had a large depot and several camp cars where railroad employees lived. At one point, it had nearly 100 residents. When all of the timber was gone, logging was abandoned and the town lost most of its industry.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perdue, Mississippi
- United States Postal Service (2021). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- Beeman, Carl T. "10 Dec 1986, 54 - The Newton Record at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- Brieger, James F (1997). Hometown Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.: Town Square Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-886017-05-4. OCLC 38255017.
| Municipalities and communities of Newton County, Mississippi, United States | ||
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| County seat: Decatur | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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