Skene, Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi | |
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  Skene, Mississippi  Skene, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 33°42′13″N 90°49′13″W / 33.70361°N 90.82028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Bolivar |
| Elevation | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38730 |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 677862[1] |
Skene is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States on Mississippi Highway 446. Skene is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Boyle and approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Shaw. Skene was a station on the Boyle and Sunflower branch of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[2]
A post office operated under the name Skene from 1902 to 1992.[3]
Chet Morgan, a former Major League Baseball center fielder, was born in Skene.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skene, Mississippi
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 673.
- ^ "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Chet Morgan Major League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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