Basic, Mississippi

Basic, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Basic is located in Mississippi
Basic
Basic
Basic is located in the United States
Basic
Basic
Coordinates: 32°13′07″N 88°46′09″W / 32.21861°N 88.76917°W / 32.21861; -88.76917
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClarke
Elevation
269 ft (82 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes601 & 769
GNIS feature ID666554

Basic is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

History

Basic is located on the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was once home to two sawmills and two general stores.[2]

A post office called Basic was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1945.[3] A variant name was "Basic City".[1] The origin of the name "Basic" is obscure.[4]

In South and West: From a Notebook, Joan Didion notes that when she visited the town in the 1970s, it was "not on the map."[5]

A member of the Tallahatta Formation known as Basic City Shale is named for Basic.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Basic
  2. ^ Howe, Tony. "Basic, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 141.
  5. ^ Didion, Joan (2017). South and West: From a Notebook. London, U.K.: 4th Estate. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-00-825717-0. Basic City, Mississippi, a town not on the map.
  6. ^ Merrill, Robert K.; Sims, James J.; Gann, Delbert E.; Liles, Kenneth J. (1985). "Newton County geology and mineral resources" (PDF). Mississippi Bureau of Geology Bulletin. 126: 25. Retrieved May 21, 2020.


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