Jump to content

Cheraw, Mississippi

Coordinates: 31°9′21″N 89°50′36″W / 31.15583°N 89.84333°W / 31.15583; -89.84333
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cheraw, Mississippi
Cheraw is located in Mississippi
Cheraw
Cheraw
Cheraw is located in the United States
Cheraw
Cheraw
Coordinates: 31°9′21″N 89°50′36″W / 31.15583°N 89.84333°W / 31.15583; -89.84333
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyMarion
Elevation
148 ft (45 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID668362[1]

Cheraw is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.

History

[edit]

Cheraw was founded in 1905, and named after Cheraw, South Carolina, which is in turned named for the Cheraw tribe.[2]

Reverend Isom Pounds and Margaret Parker Pounds were said to have co-founded the town when, following marriage, they relocated there from Cheraw, South Carolina in the early 1800s.[3]

Cheraw is located on the Canadian National Railway.[4]

A post office operated under the name Cheraw from 1905 to 1925.[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cheraw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ^ GENI: Margaret Parker Pounds, Co-Founder of Cheraw, MS
  4. ^ Howe, Tony. "Cheraw, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Marion County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 28, 2023.