Cynthia, Mississippi

Cynthia, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Cynthia is located in Mississippi
Cynthia
Cynthia
Cynthia is located in the United States
Cynthia
Cynthia
Coordinates: 32°24′11″N 90°14′56″W / 32.40306°N 90.24889°W / 32.40306; -90.24889
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHinds
Elevation
[1]
325 ft (99 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID691795[1]

Cynthia is an unincorporated community in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Cynthia is located on the Canadian National Railway.[2] A post office operated under the name Cynthia from 1887 to 1935.[3]

Multiple fossils from the Eocene epoch have been discovered in clay pits in Cynthia, including a previously unknown species of Belosaepiidae (Mississaepia mississippiensis)[4] and a species of Pterosphenus.[5]

Notable person

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cynthia, Mississippi
  2. ^ Howe, Tony. "Cynthia, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hinds County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2012 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. January 10, 2013. p. 621. ISBN 978-1-4816-4548-5.
  5. ^ J. Alan Holman; Professor of Zoology and Geology Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology J Alan Holman (2000). Fossil Snakes of North America: Origin, Evolution, Distribution, Paleoecology. Indiana University Press. p. 238. ISBN 0-253-33721-6.
  6. ^ United States. Congress (1971). Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the Ninety-first Congress, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, Inclusive. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1107.


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