Abbott, Mississippi

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Abbott, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Abbott is located in Mississippi
Abbott
Abbott
Coordinates: 33°40′48″N 88°46′28″W / 33.68000°N 88.77444°W / 33.68000; -88.77444Coordinates: 33°40′48″N 88°46′28″W / 33.68000°N 88.77444°W / 33.68000; -88.77444
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClay
Elevation
253 ft (77 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)662
GNIS feature ID666126[1]

Abbott is an unincorporated community located in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.

History[]

Abbott was named for Captain F. M. Abbott, who moved to the area from Pennsylvania after the Civil War.[2] Captain Abbott built a store building here in 1901.[3]

Abbott is located on Chuquatonchee Creek and was once home to a grist mill and cotton gin.[4] In addition, it also had a saddle shop, blacksmith shop, and three general stores.[2] A post office operated under the name Abbott from 1880 to 1941.[5]

Emmett H. Walker, Jr., who served as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1982 to 1986, was born in Abbott.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abbott, Mississippi
  2. ^ a b Goodspeed's. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Volume II, Part II. Pelican Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4556-0119-6.
  3. ^ Jack D. Elliott Jr.; Elizabeth A. Calvert; Rebecca M. Riley (3 August 2015). West Point and Clay County. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4396-5259-6.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. ^ "House Concurrent Resolution 4". Mississippi Legislature. 2008.


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