Baird, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Baird, Mississippi

Unincorporated community

Abandoned store and post office in Baird

Baird, Mississippi

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Baird, Mississippi

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Coordinates: 33°25′30″N 90°30′00″W﻿ / ﻿33.42500°N 90.50000°W﻿ / 33.42500; -90.50000
Country| United States
State| Mississippi
County| Sunflower
Elevation

| 118 ft (36 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code|

38751

Area code| 662
GNIS feature ID| 711032[1]

Baird is an unincorporated community located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.

Baird is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Moorhead and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Indianola.

The settlement was named for John Rupert Baird, the former owner of the town site.[2]

In the early 1900s, a station of the Southern Railway was located in Baird.[2] The track, originally crossing the state from Columbus to Greenville, is currently owned and operated by the Columbus and Greenville Railway, and line is now truncated as far as Greenwood.[3]

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* Sign to Baird

## References[edit]

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baird, Mississippi
2. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1\. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 179.
3. ^ "Columbus and Greenville Railway – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".

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Municipalities and communities of Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States

County seat: Indianola

Cities|

* Drew
* Indianola
* Moorhead
* Ruleville
* Shaw‡

Map of Mississippi highlighting Sunflower County

Towns|

* Doddsville
* Inverness
* Sunflower

Unincorporated
communities|

* Baird
* Baltzer
* Blaine
* Boyer
* Caile
* Dockery
* Eastland
* Fairview
* Heathman
* Holly Ridge
* Kinlock
* Linn
* Lombardy
* Minot
* Pentecost
* Rome
* Roundaway
* Steiner
* Stephenville

Ghost towns|

* Cottondale
* Inwood
* Promised Land

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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