Stoneville, Mississippi

Stoneville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Stoneville Post Office
Stoneville Stoneville
Coordinates: 33°25′26″N 90°54′54″W / 33.42389°N 90.91500°WCoordinates: 33°25′26″N 90°54′54″W / 33.42389°N 90.91500°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Washington
Elevation	125 ft (38 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	38776
GNIS feature ID	678311[1]

Stoneville is an unincorporated community located in northeastern Washington County, Mississippi. Deer Creek flows through Stoneville.

A post office was established in 1876, and remains open. Stoneville was incorporated in 1882, though it is no longer incorporated.^[2]

Stoneville was a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, established in the 1880s, and a stop on the Columbus and Greenville Railway, established in the 1920s.^[2]

The Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center is located in Stoneville.^[3] George B. Vogt was a notable entomologist there.^[4]

Notable people

• Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, blues musician.^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stoneville, Mississippi
2. Howe, Tony. "Stoneville, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center Stoneville, Mississippi". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "SIA RU007403, Vogt, G. B (George Britton) 1920-, George B. Vogt Papers, circa 1933-1991". Smithsonian Institution. July 11, 2011.
5. Eagle, Bob L.; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. ABC-CLIO. p. 197.

The Delta Research and Extension Center, now the Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center