Mahned, Mississippi

Mahned, also known as Mixons Mill, is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Mississippi.[2]

Mahned, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Mahned, Mississippi
Mahned, Mississippi
Coordinates: 31°12′33″N 89°04′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyPerry
Elevation
118 ft (36 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601
GNIS feature ID693868[1]

History

The community was founded by a Confederate officer, Captain Joe Denham, who had returned to his home in Perry County after the Siege of Vicksburg. He designated the settlement 'Mahned', which is the reverse spelling of his last name.[3] Although the captain wanted to use Denham, a community in nearby Wayne County was already identified by that name.[4]

Mahned is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad.[5] It was formerly home to a school, several stores, two churches, and a sawmill.[6] At one point, the Fain-Fagin Lumber Company ran the sawmill in Mahned.[7] The Mahned Lumber Company operated facilities in Mahned.[8]

A post office operated under the name Mahned from 1903 to 1923.[9]

The Mahned Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Mahned.

See also
  • List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms

Notes
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mahned, Mississippi
  2. "Mahned, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. "Hattiesburg American from Hattiesburg, Mississippi on May 21, 1995 · 4". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  4. "GNIS Detail - Denham". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  5. Howe, Tony. "Mahned, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. Dunbar Rowland (1907). Encyclopedia of Mississippi History: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons. S. A. Brant. p. 163.
  7. Engineering Directory. 1918. p. 643.
  8. Mississippi. Supreme Court (1914). Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Printed at the Courier and journal office. p. 124.
  9. "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 April 2020.


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