Abbott is an unincorporated community located in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.
Abbott, Mississippi | |
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  Abbott  Abbott | |
| Coordinates: 33°40′48″N 88°46′28″W / 33.68000°N 88.77444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Clay |
| Elevation | 253 ft (77 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 666126[1] |
History
editAbbott was named for Captain F. M. Abbott, who moved to the area from Pennsylvania after the Civil War.[2] Captain Abbott built a store building here in 1901.[3]
Abbott is located on Chuquatonchee Creek and was once home to a grist mill and cotton gin.[4] In addition, it also had a saddle shop, blacksmith shop, and three general stores.[2] A post office operated under the name Abbott from 1880 to 1941.[5]
Emmett H. Walker, Jr., who served as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1982 to 1986, was born in Abbott.[6]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abbott, Mississippi
- ^ a b Goodspeed's. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Volume II, Part II. Pelican Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4556-0119-6.
- ^ Jack D. Elliott Jr.; Elizabeth A. Calvert; Rebecca M. Riley (August 3, 2015). West Point and Clay County. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4396-5259-6.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 17.
- ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "House Concurrent Resolution 4". Mississippi Legislature. 2008.
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