Deerbrook, Mississippi

Deerbrook
Unincorporated community
Deerbrook is located in Mississippi
Deerbrook
Deerbrook
Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°14′07″N 88°29′12″W / 33.23528°N 88.48667°W / 33.23528; -88.48667
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyNoxubee
Elevation
262 ft (80 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID669207[1]

Deerbrook is an unincorporated community in Noxubee County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[2]

History

A post office was established as "Deer Brook" in 1842. The name was changed to "Deerbrook" in 1856, and the post office was discontinued in 1942.[3]

Deerbrook had a population of 66 by 1900. The settlement was described as having "two stores, and a fine cotton gin."[4]

Notable people

Chemist Charles Baskerville was born in Deerbrook.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Deerbrook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deerbrook, Mississippi
  3. ^ "Noxubee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 640.
  5. ^ Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.