Ruth,_Mississippi

Ruth, Mississippi

Ruth, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Ruth is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 39662.[2]

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History

Ruth is located on the former Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad and was first settled in the 1880s. The community is named for the daughter of Smith Felder, who opened its first post office in 1891.[3]

In 1900, Ruth had a population of 20.[4]

The Ruth School was founded in 1924 with funding from the Smith-Hughes Act. In 1941, the Works Progress Administration remodeled the school building. The school closed in 1961.[5]

Notable person

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Ruth, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Howe, Tony. "Ruth, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. [4]
    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. 585.
  5. [5]
    "Site of Ruth School". hmdb.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Oscar C. 'O.C.' McDavid". The Columbian-Progress. Columbia, Mississippi. March 19, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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