Baird, Mississippi

Baird, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Abandoned store and post office in Baird
Abandoned store and post office in Baird
Baird, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Baird, Mississippi
Baird, Mississippi
Baird, Mississippi is located in the United States
Baird, Mississippi
Baird, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°25′30″N 90°30′00″W / 33.42500°N 90.50000°W / 33.42500; -90.50000
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountySunflower
Elevation
118 ft (36 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38751
Area code662
GNIS feature ID711032[1]

Baird is an unincorporated community located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.

Baird is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Moorhead and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Indianola.

The settlement was named for John Rupert Baird, the former owner of the town site.[2]

In the early 1900s, a station of the Southern Railway was located in Baird.[2] The track, originally crossing the state from Columbus to Greenville, is currently owned and operated by the Columbus and Greenville Railway, and line is now truncated as far as Greenwood.[3]

  • Sign to Baird
    Sign to Baird

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baird, Mississippi
  2. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 179.
  3. ^ "Columbus and Greenville Railway – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".


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