Stewart, Mississippi
Stewart is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
Stewart, Mississippi | |
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  Stewart, Mississippi  Stewart, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′02″N 89°26′10″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Montgomery |
| Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39767 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 678280[1] |
U.S. Route 82 passes through Stewart, and the Big Black River flows south of the settlement.
The Stewart Volunteer Fire Department is located in Stewart.[2]
History
The Georgia Pacific Railway completed a line through Stewart in late 1880s.[3]
By 1906, Stewert had a post office and a population of 200.[4]
A bed of iron ore located 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Stewart was mined during the 1950s, and shipped by railway to Birmingham, Alabama for processing.[5]
References
- "Stewart, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- "Fire Services". Montgomery County Board of Supervisors. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- Poor's Manual of Railroads. H.V. & H.W. Poor. 1893. p. 562.
- Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 733.
- Kern, Marshall K. (1963). An Investigation of Mississippi Iron Ores (PDF). Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey. pp. 28, 32.
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| City |  Map of Mississippi highlighting Montgomery County | |
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