Stringer, Mississippi

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Stringer is an unincorporated community in southwestern Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.{{cite gnis|678357|Stringer, Mississippi}} It lies at the intersections of State Highways 15 and County Road 10, just north of Mississippi State Highway 533, between Bay Springs and Laurel. The population was 1,867 at the 2010 census.{{cite web |title=Total Population for Zip Code 39481 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=39481&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2021}}

History

Stringer was named for John Stringer, who once served as the postmaster. The community was originally known as P.K. prior to changing the name to Stringer. The community is located on the former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was incorporated in 1905 (but disincorporated at a later date). In 1910, the community was home to ten general stores, a saw mill, and drug store.{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Tony |title=Stringer, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Stringer.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |accessdate=September 29, 2021}} A cotton gin also operated in Stringer.{{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://ia801201.us.archive.org/20/items/mississippicompr02rowl/mississippicompr02rowl.pdf | volume = 2 | page = 746}}

A post office operated under the name P.K. from 1882 to 1895 and first began operation under the name Stringer in 1895.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MS&county=Jasper&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Jasper County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=September 29, 2021}}

Education

Stringer Attendance Center is the school. The school is rated by the Mississippi Department of Education High Performing and was planned to make Star School the 2011–2012 school year.[http://sac-wjsd-mississippi.schoolloop.com/ Stringer Attendance Center]

Notable people

L. C. Ulmer, delta blues singer, was born in Stringer.'Blues legend LC Ulmer dies at 87,' Hattiesburg American, Lici Beveridge, February 14, 2016

References

External links

Category:Unincorporated communities in Jasper County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi