Lorman, Mississippi
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Lorman is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Lorman is approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} north of Fayette, near Highway 61 on Mississippi Highway 552.
Lorman is the nearest community to Alcorn State University, in Claiborne County, the alma mater of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Its ZIP code is 39096.
History
Lorman is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad. A post office operated under the name Lee from 1884 to 1899 and first began operating under the name Lorman in 1899.{{cite web |title=Lorman, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Lorman.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |access-date=14 October 2021}}
Lorman is home to multiple historic plantations, including Blantonia Plantation,{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/93000145 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=14 October 2021}} Canemount Plantation,{{cite book |last1=Baldwin |first1=Jack |last2=Baldwin |first2=Winnie |title=Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi |date=2000 |publisher=Pelican |location=Gretna, Louisiana |isbn=1-56554-663-6 |pages=75–79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4tm4J_zY7wC&dq=lorman+mississippi&pg=PA75}} China Grove,{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80002254 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=14 October 2021}} Prospect Hill Plantation,[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831000925/http://www.todayinmississippi.com/index.php/mississippi_seen/article/2865 Walt Grayson, Mississippi Seen: "Grand monument honors man’s benevolent legacy"], Today in Mississippi, 17 October 2014, published by Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, accessed October 13, 2021 and Rosswood.
Education
Jefferson County School District operates public schools in all of the county.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28063_jefferson/DC20SD_C28063.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731221256/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28063_jefferson/DC20SD_C28063.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, MS|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=July 31, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28063_jefferson/DC20SD_C28063_SD2MS.txt Text list]
The county is in the district of Copiah–Lincoln Community College, and has been since 1967.{{cite web|url=https://www.colin.edu/about/who-we-are/history/|title=History|publisher=Copiah–Lincoln Community College|access-date=2024-09-27}}
Notable people
- Steve McNair, NFL player
- Bill Foster, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and former head baseball coach of Alcorn State University.{{cite book |editor1-last=Heaphy |editor1-first=Leslie |title=Black Baseball and Chicago |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-2674-4 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jH043iKJlF8C&dq=bill+foster+lorman+mississippi&pg=PA74}}
See also
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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