Cheraw is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Cheraw was founded in 1905, and named after Cheraw, South Carolina, which is in turned named for the

Cheraw The Cheraw people, also known as the Saraw or Saura, were a Siouan-speaking tribe of indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina near the Sauratown Mountains, east of Pilot Mountain and north of the Yad ...

tribe. Reverend Isom Pounds and Margaret Parker Pounds were said to have co-founded the town when, following marriage, they relocated there from Cheraw, South Carolina in the early 1800s. Cheraw is located on the

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

. A post office operated under the name Cheraw from 1905 to 1925.

References

Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{MarionCountyMS-geo-stub