Cranfield 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 ...

in Adams County,

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, United States.

History

Cranfield is located on the former

Mississippi Central Railroad Mississippi Central Railroad (reporting mark MSCI) is a short line railroad that operates three disconnected tracks: 51 miles from Oxford, Mississippi to Grand Junction, Tennessee; 11 miles in Iuka Mississippi, and 46 miles from Corinth, Mi ...

. The community is named for J. D. Cranfield, who donated the original

right of way A right of way (also right-of-way) is a specific route that people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so. Rights-of-way in the physical sense include controlled-access h ...

when the railroad was built. A post office operated under the name Cranfield from 1906 to 1921. The Cranfield

Oil Field A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the prese ...

is located in Cranfield and was first discovered in 1943. In its first three years, the oil field produced 4.8 million

barrel A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden stave (wood), staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers ...

s of oil. On September 20, 2013, an F1 tornado struck Cranfield. The tornado downed a couple dozen trees.

References

Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Natchez micropolitan area {{AdamsCountyMS-geo-stub