Banner, Mississippi

Banner, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Banner is located in Mississippi
Banner
Banner
Banner is located in the United States
Banner
Banner
Coordinates: 34°05′19″N 89°23′05″W / 34.08861°N 89.38472°W / 34.08861; -89.38472
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyCalhoun
Elevation
344 ft (105 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38913[1]
Area code662
GNIS feature ID666507[2]

Banner is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. Banner is located along Mississippi Highway 9W, 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Bruce.[3]

History

The population in 1900 was 114. Around that time, the settlement had a money order post office, two churches, and several stores.[4]

A post office first began operation under the name Banner in 1850.[5]

Notable person

References

  1. ^ "Banner ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Banner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Calhoun County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 208.
  5. ^ "Calhoun County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "James Corbette Edwards". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2016.