Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Penns, also known as Penn or Penns Station, is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.[1] Penns is located south of Artesia on U.S. Route 45.
Penns is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway.[2] In 1900, the community had a population of 100.[3] In 1918, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad closed their station in Penns.[4]
A post office operated under the name Penns from 1888 to 1920.[5]
The Penn Company operated an apiary in Penns and shipped queen bees throughout the United States.[6] Hay and lumber were also shipped from Penns.[7]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penns
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Penns, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ 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. 392.
- ^ Seventeenth Bienniel Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1919. Jackson, Mississippi: Taylor. 1919. p. 65.
- ^ "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Bees and Queens for 1917". American Bee Journal. 57: 38. 1917.
- ^ "Phase I Historic Resources Survey Along Luxapalila Creek, And At The Remains Of A Historic Mill (22L0948), Lowndes County, Mississippi" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
