Nesbit, Mississippi

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Nesbit, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Nesbit is located in Mississippi
Nesbit
Nesbit
Coordinates: 34°52′54″N 90°00′31″W / 34.88167°N 90.00861°W / 34.88167; -90.00861Coordinates: 34°52′54″N 90°00′31″W / 34.88167°N 90.00861°W / 34.88167; -90.00861
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyDeSoto
Elevation
279 ft (85 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38651
Area code(s)662
GNIS feature ID690351[1]

Nesbit is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. Nesbit is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Horn Lake, approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of Southaven and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Hernando near U.S. Route 51 and Interstate 55. Nesbit is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad.[2]

Nesbit was formerly home to an academy, two churches, and a sawmill.[3]

A post office operated under the name Nesbits Station from 1869 to 1881 and began operating under the name Nesbit in 1881.[4]

Climate[]

Climate data for Nesbit, MS
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 80
(27) 		80
(27) 		91
(33) 		97
(36) 		98
(37) 		104
(40) 		110
(43) 		112
(44) 		103
(39) 		99
(37) 		87
(31) 		81
(27) 		112
(44)
Average high °F (°C) 48
(9) 		54
(12) 		63
(17) 		72
(22) 		79
(26) 		87
(31) 		90
(32) 		89
(32) 		83
(28) 		74
(23) 		61
(16) 		51
(11) 		71
(22)
Average low °F (°C) 28
(−2) 		32
(0) 		41
(5) 		50
(10) 		59
(15) 		67
(19) 		70
(21) 		68
(20) 		61
(16) 		50
(10) 		39
(4) 		32
(0) 		50
(10)
Record low °F (°C) −6
(−21) 		−5
(−21) 		10
(−12) 		27
(−3) 		36
(2) 		49
(9) 		41
(5) 		49
(9) 		38
(3) 		24
(−4) 		7
(−14) 		−5
(−21) 		−6
(−21)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.55
(116) 		4.29
(109) 		5.58
(142) 		6.02
(153) 		5.51
(140) 		4.93
(125) 		3.68
(93) 		3.15
(80) 		3.29
(84) 		3.34
(85) 		5.11
(130) 		5.61
(142) 		55.06
(1,399)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 2.00
(5.1) 		1.20
(3.0) 		0.20
(0.51) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0.10
(0.25) 		3.50
(8.9)
Source: http://www.intellicast.com/Local/History.aspx?location=USMS0257

Notable people[]

  • Kenny Brown, blues guitarist (born 1953; grew up in Nesbit)
  • Mississippi Joe Callicott, blues singer and guitarist (1900-1969; was born and lived in Nesbit)
  • Jerry Lee Lewis, rock and roll singer and pianist (born 1935; has lived in Nesbit since 1972)
  • Olivia Holt, teen actress on TV series Kickin' It (born 1997)

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nesbit, Mississippi
  2. ^ Howe, Tony. "Nesbit, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 329.
  4. ^ "DeSoto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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