Deerbrook | |
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Coordinates: 33°14′07″N 88°29′12″W / 33.23528°N 88.48667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Noxubee |
Elevation | 262 ft (80 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 669207[1] |
Deerbrook is an unincorporated community in Noxubee County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[2]
History
[edit]A post office was established as "Deer Brook" in 1842. The name was changed to "Deerbrook" in 1856, and the post office was discontinued in 1942.[3]
Deerbrook had a population of 66 by 1900. The settlement was described as having "two stores, and a fine cotton gin."[4]
Notable people
[edit]Chemist Charles Baskerville was born in Deerbrook.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Deerbrook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deerbrook, Mississippi
- ^ "Noxubee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 640.
- ^ Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.