Mahon, Mississippi

Mahon, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Mahon Location within Marshall county Show map of Mississippi Mahon Mahon (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 34°48′53″N 89°30′55″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Marshall
Elevation	499 ft (152 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	692035[1]

Mahon is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Mahon was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1919.[2] The community was named for John Mahon.[3]

The population in 1900 was 41.[4]

References

1. "Mahon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 196.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 163.