Cedarbluff (or Cedar Bluff) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, United States.[2] It is located in south central Clay County along Mississippi Highway 50.
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Coordinates: 33°35′12″N 88°49′56″W / 33.58667°N 88.83222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Clay |
Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 39741[1] |
Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 668181 |
Cedarbluff is located on the former Southern Railway.[3] Cedarbluff was formerly home to a school and two churches.[4]
A post office operated under the name Cedar Bluff from 1847 to 1895 and began operating under the name Cedarbluff in 1895.[5]
In 1915 an unnamed black man was lynched in Cedarbluff for allegedly entering the room of a white woman.[6] In 1916, an African-American man, Jeff Brown was lynched 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.[7] In 1920, a destructive tornado struck Cedarbluff directly causing major damage.
White men lynched Jeff Brown in 1916 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train.