Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Hamburg is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States.
History
Hamburg is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[2] The community was incorporated in 1886 and unincorporated at a later date.[3]
A post office operated under the name Hamburgh from 1838 to 1893 and under the name Hamburg from 1893 to 1965.[4]
Hamburg was formerly home to three separate newspapers. The Franklin Herald was established in 1886 and operated in Hamburg until 1890, when the printing equipment was moved to Knoxville.[5] The Hamburg Gazette was published weekly beginning in 1900.[6] The Gusher was also published weekly by O. Q. Griffing beginning in 1901.[7]
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad operated a gravel pit in Hamburg.[8]
References
- ^ "Hamburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Hamburg, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Mississippi (1886). Laws of the State of Mississippi. State of Mississippi. p. 555.
- ^ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals. Goodspeed. 1891. p. 230.
- ^ "The Hamburg Gazette (Hamburg, Miss.) 1900-19??". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 833.
- ^ Ephraim Noble Lowe (1920). Road-making Materials of Mississippi. State geological survey. p. 57.
External links
- Photographs of the Hamburg Depot
