Cedarbluff (or Cedar Bluff) is an

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, United States. It is located in south central Clay County along

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History

Cedarbluff is located on the former Southern Railway. Cedarbluff was formerly home to a school and two churches. A post office operated under the name Cedar Bluff from 1847 to 1895 and began operating under the name Cedarbluff in 1895. In 1915 an unnamed black man was lynched in Cedarbluff for allegedly entering the room of a white woman. In 1916, an African-American man, Jeff Brown was

lynched Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged transgressor, punish a convicted transgressor, or intimidate people. It can also be an ex ...

by a mob "for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train." Pictures of his lynching were sold to white citizens for five cents each and were used to intimidate African-Americans in the region. In 1920, a destructive tornado struck Cedarbluff directly causing major damage.

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