Hub, Mississippi

Hub is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.

Hub, Mississippi
Hub, Mississippi
Hub, Mississippi
Coordinates: 31°8′44″N 89°45′00″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyMarion
Elevation
144 ft (44 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691947[1]

South of Hub is the Lower Little Creek, a tributary of the Pearl River.

Hub was never incorporated, and had a post office from 1899 to 1954.[2]

A shortline logging railroad, constructed by Camp & Hinton Brothers in the 1880s, began in Hub and extended several miles south. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, a mainline railroad, was built through Hub in 1899.[3]

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