Clayton Village, Mississippi

Clayton Village is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 82 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, near Starkville and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of Osborn.

Clayton Village, Mississippi
Clayton Village, Mississippi
Clayton Village, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°28′26″N 88°45′21″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyOktibbeha
Elevation
262 ft (80 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39759
Area code(s)662
GNIS feature ID668541[1]

Clayton Village was named after Edgar Pomeroy Clayton, former owner of The Guntown Hottimes, a weekly newspaper. He was Superintendent of Education for Lee County from 1908 to 1914 and was head of the Poultry Department at Mississippi A & M College (now Mississippi State University) from 1924 to 1927. He retired to a farm at the site of Clayton Village where he died in 1956.

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