Gallman, Mississippi

Gallman, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Gallman is located in Mississippi
Gallman
Gallman
Gallman is located in the United States
Gallman
Gallman
Coordinates: 31°55′56″N 90°23′21″W / 31.93222°N 90.38917°W / 31.93222; -90.38917
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyCopiah
Elevation
472 ft (144 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39077
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID670303[1]

Gallman is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. Gallman is located along Interstate 55 and U.S. Route 51 4.25 miles (6.84 km) south-southwest of Crystal Springs. Gallman has a post office with ZIP code 39077, which opened on November 8, 1872.[2][3]

Gallman is home to Copiah Academy, a private school in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. Copiah Academy services K3-12th grades and is a Christian-based college preparatory school.

History

Gallman is named for an early resident.[4] Gallman is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad.[5] In 1906 the population was estimated to be at 200 people, and the community was home to a church and several stores.[6]

The Gallman Historic District was included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Copiah County, Mississippi on March 31, 1986.[7]

A post office operated under the name Wyoming from 1857 to 1858.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Gallman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 134.
  5. ^ Howe, Tony. "Gallman, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 758.
  7. ^ Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 484. ISBN 9780403096039. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2020.


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