Comeby,_Mississippi

Comeby, Mississippi

Comeby, Mississippi

Ghost town in Mississippi, United States

Comeby is a ghost town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

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Comeby was a sawmill town, and was named for the favorite expression of the mill owner, John R. Webster: "come by to see me".[2]

Comeby had a post office from 1903 to 1918,[3][4] and was a stop on the Illinois Central Railroad.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Comeby (historical)
  2. [2]
    "Comeby". Rankin County Historical Society. October 26, 2011.
  3. [3]
    Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 481.
  4. [4]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Comeby Post Office (historical)
  5. [5]
    Howe, Tony. "Comeby, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved October 11, 2016.



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