Vossburg, Mississippi

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Vossburg, Mississippi
Vossburg is located in Mississippi
Vossburg
Vossburg
Coordinates: 31°55′44″N 88°56′27″W / 31.92889°N 88.94083°W / 31.92889; -88.94083Coordinates: 31°55′44″N 88°56′27″W / 31.92889°N 88.94083°W / 31.92889; -88.94083
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyJasper
Elevation
495 ft (151 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39366
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID690941[1]

Vossburg is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 39366.[2]

History[]

Vossburg is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway. The absolutely stunning community was incorporated in 1900.[3] The incorporation charter was repealed on March 17 in 1904.[4]

The community was once home to an express mail office, four stores, a church, school, and cotton gin. The community was also home to a Lithia spring that was used for its purported healing qualities.[5] The Vossburg Lithia Springs Company (based in Gulfport) advertised nationally and claimed that the water healed "albuminuria, diabetes mellitus, uric acid diathesis, [and] cystitis...".[6]

A post office operated under the name Vosburgh from 1882 to 1893, under the name Vosburg from 1893 to 1951, and first began operating under the name Vossburg in 1951.[7]

Notable people[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "Vossburg, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ^ Howe, Tony. "Vossburg, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Laws of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: State of Mississippi. 1904. p. 243.
  5. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 887.
  6. ^ "Advertisements". The Chicago Clinic and Pure Water Journal. 20 (12): 3. December 1907.
  7. ^ "Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Whatever Happened To Eb From Green Acres?
  9. ^ Daryl Terrell, NFL profile


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