Humber, Mississippi
Humber is an unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.
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Coordinates: 34°16′50″N 90°42′12″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Coahoma |
Elevation | 164 ft (50 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 689278[1] |
Humber had a post office in the early 1900s, and was then located directly on the Mississippi River.[2]
The Humber Archeological Site is located west of Humber on Island No. 63 in the Mississippi River.[3]
The Mississippi Levee now lies between the town and the river.
References
- "Humber, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 666.
- Brown, Ian W. (2008). Rafferty, Janet; Peacock, Evan (eds.). Cultural Contact Along the I-69 Corridor: Protohistoric and Historic Use of the Northern Yazoo Basin, Mississippi. Time's River: Archaeological Syntheses from the Lower Mississippi Valley. University of Alabama Press. p. 365.
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