Pheba, Mississippi

Pheba is an unincorporated community located in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. Pheba is located at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 50 and Mississippi Highway 389 and is approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Cedarbluff.

Pheba, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Pheba
Pheba
Coordinates: 33°35′03″N 88°56′59″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClay
Elevation
266 ft (81 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39755
Area code(s)662
GNIS feature ID675673[1]

Although an unincorporated community, Pheba has a post office and a zip code of 39755.

History

Pheba was named for Mrs. Pheba Robinson.[2] The community is located on the former Southern Railway and was incorporated in 1890.[3]

A post office first began operation under the name Pheba in 1890.[4]

In 2000, Pheba was the site of the first sporting event in which an all-black team participated in a contest sanctioned by the Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA), which was founded as an organization for segregation academies that originally existed to avoid integration of whites and blacks in public schools when Hebron Christian played against the all-black Christ Missionary and Industrial College High School (CM&I). CM&I had previously not played football for decades and fielded a team of only 14 players.[5]

Notable person

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pheba, Mississippi
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 420.
  3. Howe, Tony. "Pheba, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. Wilson, Robert (August 19, 2000). "Hebron Christian Thumps CM&I 55-6 in Historic Game". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. "Billy Jefferson". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.


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