Perthshire is an unincorporated community located in

Bolivar County, Mississippi Bolivar County ( ) is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,985. Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland. The county is named in honor of Simón Bolívar, earl ...

, United States along

Mississippi Highway 1 Mississippi Highway 1 (MS 1) is a state highway in Mississippi that runs south from U.S. Highway 49 near Lula to U.S. Highway 61 south of Cary, roughly paralleling the Mississippi River. It travels approximately , serving Sharkey, Issaquena ...

. Perthshire is approximately south of Deeson and approximately north of Gunnison. Perthshire is located on the Riverside Division of the former

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began in Jackson, Mississippi, and continued to Yazoo City, Mississippi. The line was later expanded ...

. Perthshire was once home to six general stores. A post office operated under the name Perthshire from 1889 to 1963. File:Perthshire, Mississippi, United States - 1897.jpg, Box cars at the Perthshire depot were used as livestock stables during flooding in 1897 File:Homes_in_Perthshire.jpg, Homes in the Perthshire community

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Unincorporated communities in Bolivar County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{BolivarCountyMS-geo-stub