Cedarbluff, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
)  Cedarbluff ) Cedarbluff | |
| Coordinates: 33°35′12″N 88°49′56″W / 33.58667°N 88.83222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Clay |
| Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 668181 |
Cedarbluff (or Cedar Bluff) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is located in south central Clay County along Mississippi Highway 50.
History
Cedarbluff is located on the former Southern Railway.[2] Cedarbluff was formerly home to a school and two churches.[3]
A post office operated under the name Cedar Bluff from 1847 to 1895 and began operating under the name Cedarbluff in 1895.[4]
In 1915 an unnamed black man was lynched in Cedarbluff for allegedly entering the room of a white woman.[5] In 1916, an African-American man, Jeff Brown was lynched by a mob "for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train." Pictures of his lynching were sold to white citizens for five cents each and were used to intimidate African-Americans in the region.[6]
References
- ^ "Cedarbluff, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Cedar Bluff, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 381.
- ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Short Items for Busy Men". 2 July 1915. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror: Second Edition: Report Summary (PDF). Montgomery, Alabama: Equal Justice Initiative. 2015. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
White men lynched Jeff Brown in 1916 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train.