Thomastown, Mississippi

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|area_code = 601 & 769

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Thomastown is an unincorporated community in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. The junction of Mississippi Highway 43 and Mississippi Highway 429 was placed at Thomastown, some {{convert|11.9|mi|km}} northwest of Carthage.{{cite map|publisher=Mississippi Department of Transportation|title=Leake County, Mississippi General Highway Map|url=http://sp.gomdot.com/Intermodal%20Planning/planning/Maps/County%20Highway%20Maps/Leake.pdf|trans-title=|language=|format=PDF|edition=|date=|year=2011|cartography=|scale=|series=|page=|pages=|section=|inset=|accessdate=April 8, 2012|isbn=|id=}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}

History

Thomastown was incorporated in 1854 and disincorporated at an unknown date.{{cite book |title=Laws of the State of Mississippi |date=1854 |publisher=Mississippi Legislature |location=Jackson, Mississippi |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BA9GAQAAIAAJ}}

The community is located on the Yockanookany River and in 1900 had a population of 54.{{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 = 778}}

Thomastown has a post office with ZIP code 39171, which opened on May 17, 1933.{{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}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=April 8, 2012|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}

Thomastown was once home to a masonic lodge, Thomastown Lodge No. 124.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=J. W. S. |title=Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror |date=1851 |page=319 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=asMaAQAAMAAJ}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Leake County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi