Thrasher, Mississippi

Thrasher, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Thrasher, Mississippi
Thrasher, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°43′10″N 88°32′02″W / 34.71944°N 88.53389°W / 34.71944; -88.53389Coordinates: 34°43′10″N 88°32′02″W / 34.71944°N 88.53389°W / 34.71944; -88.53389
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Prentiss
Elevation 482 ft (147 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 662
GNIS feature ID 678733[1]

Thrasher is an unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

John H. Thrasher was first postmaster.

The hamlet was a flag stop on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built in the 1850s.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Thrasher, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Howe, Tony. "Thrashers, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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