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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Hamburg, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°34′44″N 91°04′00″W / 31.57889°N 91.06667°W / 31.57889; -91.06667
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyFranklin
Elevation407 ft (124 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID693401

Hamburg is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Hamburg is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The community was incorporated in 1886 and unincorporated at a later date.

A post office operated under the name Hamburgh from 1838 to 1893 and under the name Hamburg from 1893 to 1965.

Hamburg was formerly home to three separate newspapers. The Franklin Herald was established in 1886 and operated in Hamburg until 1890, when the printing equipment was moved to Knoxville. The Hamburg Gazette was published weekly beginning in 1900. The Gusher was also published weekly by O. Q. Griffing beginning in 1901.

The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad operated a gravel pit in Hamburg.

References

  1. "Hamburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Howe, Tony. "Hamburg, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. Mississippi (1886). Laws of the State of Mississippi. State of Mississippi. p. 555.
  4. "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  5. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals. Goodspeed. 1891. p. 230.
  6. "The Hamburg Gazette (Hamburg, Miss.) 1900-19??". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  7. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 833.
  8. Ephraim Noble Lowe (1920). Road-making Materials of Mississippi. State geological survey. p. 57.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Meadville
Towns
Map of Mississippi highlighting Franklin County
Unincorporated
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