Rich 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 Coahoma County,

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, United States. The settlement is located along the Yazoo Pass waterway.

History

First called Yazoo Pass Station, the settlement was a stop along a now-abandoned section of the

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. The present name is derived from the last name of one Mr. Richenberger, a local merchant. The population in 1900 was 30. A post office operated under the name Rich from 1888 to 1994.

Notable person

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, writer.

References

Unincorporated communities in Coahoma County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{CoahomaCountyMS-geo-stub