Stringer is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in southwestern
Jasper County,
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
, United States. It lies at the intersections of State Highways
15 and County Road 10, just north of Mississippi State Highway 533, between
Bay Springs and
Laurel
Laurel may refer to:
Plants
* Lauraceae, the laurel family
* Laurel (plant), including a list of trees and plants known as laurel
People
* Laurel (given name), people with the given name
* Laurel (surname), people with the surname
* Laurel (mus ...
. The population was 1,867 at the
2010 census.
History
Stringer was named for John Stringer, who once served as the postmaster. The community was originally known as P.K. prior to changing the name to Stringer. The community is located on the former
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a Class I railroad in the central United States whose primary routes extended from Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illin ...
and was incorporated in 1905 (but disincorporated at a later date). In 1910, the community was home to ten general stores, a saw mill, and drug store. A cotton gin also operated in Stringer.
A post office operated under the name P.K. from 1882 to 1895 and first began operation under the name Stringer in 1895.
Education
Stringer Attendance Center is the school. The school is rated by the Mississippi Department of Education High Performing and was planned to make Star School the 2011–2012 school year.
Notable people
*
L. C. Ulmer, delta blues singer, was born in Stringer.
['Blues legend LC Ulmer dies at 87,' Hattiesburg American, Lici Beveridge, February 14, 2016]
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Jasper County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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