Waverly, Mississippi
Waverly (also Mullens Bluff, Waverley, Waverley Plantation) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.
Waverly is located on the former Southern Railway. Waverly was once home to a church, saw mill, and grist mill. A ferry once operated in Waverly that was used to cross the Tombigbee River.
A post office operated under the name Waverly from 1879 to 1906.
Notable person
- John Pitchlynn, interpreter at the Choctaw Agency
Notes
- ^ "Waverly, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation-Clay County
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Waverly, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
- ^ Jack D. Elliott Jr.; Elizabeth A. Calvert; Rebecca M. Riley (August 3, 2015). West Point and Clay County. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4396-5259-6.
- ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Pate, James. "John Pitchlynn". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 29, 2023.