Love (also Love's and Love's Station) is an

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located in Desoto County,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

, United States. Love is approximately south of Hernando along

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or I-55.

History

The community was named after W.R. Love, a prominent physician and planter. The town was incorporated as "Love's" in 1878. "Love's Station" was a stop on the

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, built in the 1850s between

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and

Grenada, Mississippi Grenada is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 13,092 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. It is the county seat of Grenada County, Mississippi, Grenada County. History ...

. In the early 1900s the community had a general store. There was also a post office.

Love today

The community today is largely agricultural, with some homes located along nearby roads. The Love Cemetery and Old Love Cemetery are located here, as well as the Love First Baptist Church. Little remains of the original settlement. The Love Volunteer Fire Department is responsible for protecting a portion of southwest Desoto County. The department also operates a Junior Firefighter Program through the

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. File:Love Cemetery - Love, Mississippi.jpg, Love Cemetery File:Fire Dept vehicle Love MS 007.jpg, Love Volunteer Fire Department vehicle

Notable people

* Will Dockery, founder of the

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. *

Slim Love Edward Haughton "Slim" Love (August 1, 1890 – November 30, 1942) was an American professional baseball pitcher from approximately 1910 to 1930. He played six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators (1913), New York Yankees ...

, professional baseball player.

References

Unincorporated communities in DeSoto County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Memphis metropolitan area {{DeSotoCountyMS-geo-stub