Waverly, Mississippi
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Coordinates: 33°34′03″N 88°30′14″W / 33.56750°N 88.50389°WCoordinates: 33°34′03″N 88°30′14″W / 33.56750°N 88.50389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Clay |
Elevation | 184 ft (56 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 679395[1] |
Waverly (also Mullens Bluff, Waverley, Waverley Plantation) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.[1][2]
Waverly is located on the former Southern Railway.[3] Waverly was once home to a church, saw mill, and grist mill.[4] A ferry once operated in Waverly that was used to cross the Tombigbee River.[5]
A post office operated under the name Waverly from 1879 to 1906.[6]
Notes[]
- ^ a b "Waverly, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation-Clay County
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Waverly, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
- ^ Jack D. Elliott Jr.; Elizabeth A. Calvert; Rebecca M. Riley (3 August 2015). West Point and Clay County. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4396-5259-6.
- ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Mississippi
- Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
- Mississippi Pines region geography stubs