Giles, Mississippi

Giles, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Giles is located in Mississippi
Giles
Giles
Giles is located in the United States
Giles
Giles
Coordinates: 32°49′51.47″N 88°22′48.12″W / 32.8309639°N 88.3800333°W / 32.8309639; -88.3800333
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyKemper
Elevation
203 ft (62 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691884[1]

Giles is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Giles is located on Mississippi Highway 16, east of Scooba.

History

Jacob Giles built a plantation here in 1835.[2]

A Mississippi historical marker is located at the Neville-Giles Cemetery in Giles.[3]

The population in 1900 was 45.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "Giles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Mississippi; a guide to the Magnolia state. Viking. 1938. p. 370.
  3. ^ "Giles-Neville Cemetery". Historical Marker Project. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 789.
  5. ^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Vol. 2. Goodspeed. 1891. p. 504.
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