Baird, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
33°25′30″N 90°30′00″W / 33.42500°N 90.50000°W / 33.42500; -90.50000CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountySunflowerElevation
118 ft (36 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code
38751
Area code662GNIS feature ID711032[1]

Baird is an unincorporated community located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.

Baird is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Moorhead and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Indianola.

The settlement was named for John Rupert Baird, the former owner of the town site.[2]

In the early 1900s, a station of the Southern Railway was located in Baird.[2] The track, originally crossing the state from Columbus to Greenville, is currently owned and operated by the Columbus and Greenville Railway, and line is now truncated as far as Greenwood.[3]

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    Sign to Baird

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baird, Mississippi
  2. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 179.
  3. ^ "Columbus and Greenville Railway – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".
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