Piney Woods, Mississippi

This article is about Piney Woods, a town in Mississippi. For other uses, see Piney Woods (disambiguation).

Piney Woods, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Piney Woods
Piney Woods
Coordinates: 32°03′46″N 89°59′34″W / 32.06278°N 89.99278°W / 32.06278; -89.99278
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyRankin
Elevation
486 ft (148 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
39148
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID675910[1]

Piney Woods is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is the site of the Piney Woods Country Life School, a historically African-American boarding school established in 1909.[2] The school's historic district became part of the African American Civil Rights Network in 2023.[3]

The community is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office began operating under the name Piney Woods in 1926.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Piney Woods". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Yates, Gayle Graham (1990). Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780870496431.
  3. ^ "Piney Woods Country Life School Historic District (Rankin County, Mississippi)". nps.gov. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "Rankin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 3, 2025.


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