Fannin, Mississippi
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the United States}}
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Fannin is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. Fannin is located approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} northeast of Jackson on Mississippi Highway 471.
History
The first land grants in the Fannin area were given to settlers from the Carolinas in the 1830s. The community is purportedly named for a Revolutionary War soldier who lost his life in a house fire. By 1850, Fannin had a Methodist and Baptist church and was home to a junior college (the Rankin Masonic Institute). The school closed in 1925.
Fannin was located on the former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was once home to multiple general stores, grocery stores, and sawmill.{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Tony |title=Fannin, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Fannin.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |access-date=7 April 2025}} In 1900, Fannin had a population of 150, two churches, and a school.{{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/page/n5 | volume = 1 | page = 698}}
A post office operated under the name Fannin from 1860 to 1969.{{cite web |title=Rankin County |url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MS&county=Rankin |website=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=6 April 2025}}
First Baptist Church, Fannin was founded in 1848. The church's cemetery and chapel were designated as Mississippi Landmarks in 2022.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Tony |title=First Church, Fannin, marks 175th anniversary |url=https://thebaptistrecord.org/first-church-fannin-marks-175th-anniversary/ |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=The Baptist Record |date=June 27, 2023}}
Notable people
- Luther and Percy Huff, blues musicians{{cite book |last1=Eagle |first1=Bob L. |last2=LeBlanc |first2=Eric S. |title=Blues: A Regional Experience |date=2013 |publisher=Praeger |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=9798216054931 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwbJEAAAQBAJ}}
- Henry L. Whitfield, Governor of Mississippi from 1924 to 1927{{cite book |last1=McLeod |first1=Lanelle Long |title=History of Fannin, Mississippi |publisher=Rankin County Historical Society |location=Brandon, Mississippi |page= |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/50152593/FanninHistory?v=0.724}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Rankin County, Mississippi