Vossburg is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 39366.[2]
History
Vossburg is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway. The community was incorporated in 1900.[3] The incorporation charter was repealed on March 17 in 1904.[4]
The community was once home to an express mail office, four stores, a church, school, and cotton gin. The community was also home to a Lithia spring that was used for its purported healing qualities.[5] The Vossburg Lithia Springs Company (based in Gulfport) advertised nationally and claimed that the water healed "albuminuria, diabetes mellitus, uric acid diathesis, [and] cystitis...".[6]
A post office operated under the name Vosburgh from 1882 to 1893, under the name Vosburg from 1893 to 1951, and first began operating under the name Vossburg in 1951.[7]
Notable people
- Tom Lester, American actor, lived in Vossburg.[8]
- Daryl Terrell, American football player, was born in Vossburg.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b "Vossburg, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Vossburg, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ Laws of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: State of Mississippi. 1904. p. 243.
- ^ 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. 887.
- ^ "Advertisements". The Chicago Clinic and Pure Water Journal. 20 (12): 3. December 1907.
- ^ "Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ Whatever Happened To Eb From Green Acres?
- ^ Daryl Terrell, NFL profile
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