Comeby, Mississippi

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|settlement_type = Ghost town

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|subdivision_name1 = Mississippi

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Rankin

|timezone = Central (CST)

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

Comeby was a sawmill town, and was named for the favorite expression of the mill owner, John R. Webster: "come by to see me".{{cite web | title = Comeby | publisher = Rankin County Historical Society | date = October 26, 2011 | url = http://rankinhistory.com/site/?p=259}}

Comeby had a post office from 1903 to 1918,{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://archive.org/details/mississippicomp01rowlgoog | volume = 1 | page = [https://archive.org/details/mississippicomp01rowlgoog/page/n487 481]}}{{gnis|712614|Comeby Post Office (historical)}} and was a stop on the Illinois Central Railroad.{{cite web | last = Howe | first = Tony | title = Comeby, Mississippi | publisher = Mississippi Rails | url = http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Comeby.htm | accessdate = October 11, 2016}}