McNeill, Mississippi

McNeill, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
McNeill Post Office
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Coordinates: 30°40′08″N 89°38′18″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Pearl River
Elevation	243 ft (74 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39457
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	673420[1]

McNeill, Mississippi is an unincorporated community in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States.[2] The zip code is: 39457.

McNeill is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway and is possibly named for a family who moved to the area from North Carolina to operate a turpentine business.[3]

In 1906, McNeill had an estimated population of 250.[4]

Mississippi State University operates the McNeill Research Unit in McNeill. The unit conducts experiments on muscadine growth and Formosan termites in addition to silvopasture research.[5]

Donna Pope of McNeill was crowned Miss Mississippi in 1980, and was second runner-up at the Miss America Pageant.[6]

References

1. "McNeill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "GNIS Detail - McNeill". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
3. Howe, Tony. "Carriere, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 192.
5. "McNeill Research Unit". mafes.msstate.edu. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
6. "Paige Phillips, Donna Pope Early Miss America Winners". The Hour. September 5, 1969.