Electric Mills is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi. It lies along U.S. Route 45 east of the city of De Kalb, the county seat of Kemper County.[2]
Electric Mills, Mississippi | |
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  Electric Mills Location in Mississippi and the United States  Electric Mills Electric Mills (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′9″N 88°27′50″W / 32.76917°N 88.46389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Kemper |
| Elevation | 190 ft (60 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 669716[1] |
History
editThe town of Electric Mills was established in 1913 and named after its modern, electrically powered mill; one of the first mills to be completely electric-powered.[3]
In 1914, Electric Mills and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina were selected by the United States Public Health Service as sites to conduct fieldwork on the prevention of malaria. Through improved drainage and the use of quinine, both towns experienced significant reductions in the disease.[4]
Much of the town was removed after milling ceased in 1941.[3]
Electric Mills is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway.[5] A post office operated under the name Electric Mills from 1911 to 1985.[6]
Notable people
edit- Betty Jane Long, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives[7]
- Hardy Myers, Oregon Attorney General and speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.[8]
- Henry Presswood, baseball player in the Negro leagues from 1948 to 1952.[9]
- Milburn Price, dean of the School of Performing Arts at Samford University.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Electric Mills, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 56.
- ^ a b Mississippi State Department of Archives and History. "Electric Mills Historical Marker". Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ Humphreys, Margaret (2003). Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801875991.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Electric Mills, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ "Kemper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ 'Miss Long Re-elected,' The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), January 17, 1960, pg. 54
- ^ Oregon Blue Book 2007-2008. Oregon State Archives. 2007. ISBN 9780966971941.
- ^ "Henry Presswood". Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Price, Milburn". Hope Publishing. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
External links
edit- "Electric Mills". Kemper County Mississippi GenWeb. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
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