Penns, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Penns is located in Mississippi
Penns
Penns
Location within the state of Mississippi
Penns is located in the United States
Penns
Penns
Penns (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°21′08″N 88°38′09″W / 33.35222°N 88.63583°W / 33.35222; -88.63583
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLowndes
Elevation
292 ft (89 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code662
GNIS feature ID675594[1]

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

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penns
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Penns, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bees and Queens for 1917". American Bee Journal. 57: 38. 1917.
  7. ↑ "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.


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