Penns, Mississippi
Penns, also known as Penn or Penns Station, is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Penns is located south of Artesia on U.S. Route 45.
Penns is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway. In 1900, the community had a population of 100. In 1918, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad closed their station in Penns.
A post office operated under the name Penns from 1888 to 1920.
The Penn Company operated an apiary in Penns and shipped queen bees throughout the United States. Hay and lumber were also shipped from Penns.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penns
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Penns, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 392.
- ^ Seventeenth Bienniel Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1919. Jackson, Mississippi: Taylor. 1919. p. 65.
- ^ "Lowndes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Bees and Queens for 1917". American Bee Journal. 57: 38. 1917.
- ^ "Phase I Historic Resources Survey Along Luxapalila Creek, And At The Remains Of A Historic Mill (22L0948), Lowndes County, Mississippi" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved April 12, 2023.