Cedarbluff, Mississippi | |
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| Coordinates:33°35′12″N88°49′56″W / 33.58667°N 88.83222°W /33.58667; -88.83222 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Clay |
| Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39741[1] |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 668181 |
Cedarbluff (orCedar Bluff) is anunincorporated community inClay County, Mississippi, United States.[2] It is located in south central Clay County alongMississippi Highway 50.
Cedarbluff is located on the formerSouthern Railway.[3] Cedarbluff was formerly home to a school and two churches.[4]
A post office operated under the name Cedar Bluff from 1847 to 1895 and began operating under the name Cedarbluff in 1895.[5]
In 1915 an unnamed black man was lynched in Cedarbluff for allegedly entering the room of a white woman.[6] In 1916, an African-American man, Jeff Brown waslynched 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.[7]In 1920, a destructive tornado struck Cedarbluff directly causing major damage.
White men lynched Jeff Brown in 1916 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train.
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