Little Springs, Mississippi

Little Springs, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°24′09″N 90°43′36″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Franklin
Elevation	440 ft (134 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	693784[1]

Little Springs is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Mississippi.[1]

The Homochitto National Forest is located a short distance west of the community along Little Springs Road.

The community was named for the large number of springs located there.[2]

In 1820, the Mount Zion Baptist Church was established 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Little Springs.[3]

The first school was the Magnolia School, built in 1854. A new school, the Little Springs High School, replaced it in 1901.[4]

A post office was in operation in the early 1900s.[1]

Notable people

• Moze Hunt Jones, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1908 to 1914[5]
• Dan R. McGehee, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.[6]
• William Madison Whittington, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.[7]

References

1. "Little Springs, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Franklin County, MS - Communities & Towns". American History and Genealogy Project. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
3. "Mt. Zion Baptist Church". American History and Genealogy Project. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
4. "Franklin County, MS - School Days Project". American History and Genealogy Project. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
5. Mississippi. Department of Archives and History (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: Department of Archives and History. p. 1048.
6. "McGEHEE, Daniel Rayford, (1883 - 1962)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
7. "WHITTINGTON, William Madison, (1878 - 1962)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2013.