Penns,_Mississippi

Penns, Mississippi

Penns, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Penns, also known as Penn or Penns Station, is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.[1] Penns is located south of Artesia on U.S. Route 45.

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Penns is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway.[2] In 1900, the community had a population of 100.[3] In 1918, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad closed their station in Penns.[4]

A post office operated under the name Penns from 1888 to 1920.[5]

The Penn Company operated an apiary in Penns and shipped queen bees throughout the United States.[6] Hay and lumber were also shipped from Penns.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penns
  2. [2]
    Howe, Tony. "Penns, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. [3]
    Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 392.
  4. [4]
    Seventeenth Bienniel Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1919. Jackson, Mississippi: Taylor. 1919. p. 65.
  5. [5]
    "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Bees and Queens for 1917". American Bee Journal. 57: 38. 1917.
  7. [7]
    "Phase I Historic Resources Survey Along Luxapalila Creek, And At The Remains Of A Historic Mill (22L0948), Lowndes County, Mississippi" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved April 12, 2023.


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