Sibley, Mississippi

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Sibley is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.{{cite gnis|677766|Sibley, Mississippi}} There is a post office located on U.S. Route 61 in Sibley, ZIP code 39165.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}

Places

The St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located west of Sibley, and the Mazique Archeological Site is located {{convert|2.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} north. East of the hamlet are the "Sibley Oil Fields", and to the south is the {{convert|80|acre|ha|abbr=on}} "Plantation Oaks Landfill", opened in 1991.{{cite gnis|686075|Sibley Oil Field}}{{cite web | title = Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board Summary | publisher = Brunini Law Firm | date = October 9, 2012 | url = http://www.brunini.com/newsletter-73.html | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140108010825/http://www.brunini.com/newsletter-73.html | archivedate = January 8, 2014 }}

Notable people

Sibley is the birthplace of brothers Theodis, YZ, and Melwyn Ealey, whose musical achievements are acknowledged on a Mississippi Blues Trail marker in Natchez.{{cite web | title = Ealey Brothers - Natchez | publisher = Mississippi Blues Commission | url = http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/ealey-brothers | accessdate = 24 January 2018}}

In popular culture

Sibley is mentioned in Peter Orner's award-winning novel Esther Stories.{{cite book | last = Orner | first = Peter | title = Esther Stories | publisher = Hachette Digital | year = 2013 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_6JnhM1LQ0C&pg=PP1| isbn = 9780316224697 }}

Notes

Category:Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Natchez micropolitan area