Stringer is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...
in southwestern
Jasper 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. Mis ...
, 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. 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 and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illinois.
From its two ...
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
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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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