Reform 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 Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States, along Mississippi Highway 15 and is approximately south of Mathiston.

History

Reform was first established in 1887 and 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, Missouri, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illin ...

. At one point, Reform was home to three general stores. It was also once serviced by a cotton gin and saw mill. A post office first began operation under the name Reform in 1888.

Lignite Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered the lowest ...

was once mined for local use near Reform.

References

Unincorporated communities in Choctaw County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{ChoctawCountyMS-geo-stub