Burnside 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 Neshoba County,

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, United States. Burnside is approximately north of

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along

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History

Burnside is located on the former

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and was once home to four general stores, a grocery store and two sawmills. The J. M. Griffin Lumber Company, based in

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, formerly operated a large mill in Burnside that consisted of a sawmill, planing mill, dry kilns, power plant and 23 miles of railroad. A mill town was also constructed that was home to a school and churches. The Philadelphia Neshoba County Park Commission operates Burnside Park in Burnside. The park has an auditorium, picnic pavilions, a suspension bridge, and fishing lake. From 1905 to 1951, a post office operated in Burnside. Three postmasters served the community during that time.

References

Unincorporated communities in Neshoba County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{NeshobaCountyMS-geo-stub