LeFlore, Mississippi
LeFlore is an unincorporated community located in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States and part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area . LeFlore is approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Holcomb, Mississippi and approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Avalon, Mississippi on Mississippi Highway 7.
The community was once home to three general stores, a hotel, and a cotton gin.
Leflore is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad.
A post office operated under the name Leflore from 1887 to 1978.
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Leflore Baptist Church
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: LeFlore, Mississippi
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 70.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Leflore, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Grenada County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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