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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Ruth, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°22′54″N 90°18′59″W / 31.38167°N 90.31639°W / 31.38167; -90.31639
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLincoln
Elevation463 ft (141 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code39662
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID676974

Ruth is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP code is 39662.

History

Ruth is located on the former Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad and was first settled in the 1880s. The community is named for the daughter of Smith Felder, who opened its first post office in 1891.

In 1900, Ruth had a population of 20.

The Ruth School was founded in 1924 with funding from the Smith-Hughes Act. In 1941, the Works Progress Administration remodeled the school building. The school closed in 1961.

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Notes

  1. ^ "Ruth, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. Howe, Tony. "Ruth, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. 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. 585.
  5. "Site of Ruth School". hmdb.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  6. "Oscar C. 'O.C.' McDavid". The Columbian-Progress. Columbia, Mississippi. March 19, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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