Lorman 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 ...
located in
Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Lorman is approximately north of
Fayette, near
Highway 61 on
Mississippi Highway 552.
Lorman is the nearest community to
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States. ...
, in
Claiborne County, the alma mater of former
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...
quarterback
Steve McNair
Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009),[Steve McNair Found Dead](_blank)
. Its
ZIP code is 39096.
History
Lorman is located on the former
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, ...
. A post office operated under the name Lee from 1884 to 1899 and first began operating under the name Lorman in 1899.
Lorman is home to multiple historic plantations, including
Blantonia Plantation,
Canemount Plantation,
,
Prospect Hill Plantation
The Prospect Hill Plantation was a former 5,000-acre plantations in the American South, plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. In the early 19th century, the plantation was owned by planter Isaac Ross (planter), Isaac Ross of South Carolina, ...
, and
Rosswood.
Education
Jefferson County School District operates public schools in all of the county.
The county is in the district of
Copiah–Lincoln Community College, and has been since 1967.
Notable people
*
Steve McNair
Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009),[Steve McNair Found Dead](_blank)
, NFL player
*
Bill Foster, member of the
Baseball Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United S ...
and former head baseball coach of
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States. ...
.
See also
*
Cane Ridge, Mississippi
References
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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