Perthshire, Mississippi

Perthshire, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°58′38″N 90°54′44″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Bolivar
Elevation	135 ft (41 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38746
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	675639[1]

Perthshire is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States along Mississippi Highway 1. Perthshire is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Deeson and approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Gunnison. Perthshire is located on the Riverside Division of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[2] Perthshire was once home to six general stores.[3]

A post office operated under the name Perthshire from 1889 to 1963.[4]

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  Box cars at the Perthshire depot were used as livestock stables during flooding in 1897
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  Homes in the Perthshire community

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perthshire, Mississippi
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 410.
3. Howe, Tony. "Perthshire, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
4. "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 5, 2020.