Baird is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
located in
Sunflower County, Mississippi
Sunflower County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,450. Its largest city and county seat is Indianola.
Sunflower County comprises the Indianola, MS Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...
, United States.
Baird is approximately west of
Moorhead and southeast of
Indianola.
The settlement was named for John Rupert Baird, the former owner of the town site.
In the early 1900s, a station of the
Southern Railway was located in Baird.
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.
Gallery
File:BairdMississippiHighwaySign.JPG, Sign to Baird
References
Unincorporated communities in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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