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|official_name = Progress, Mississippi |
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Pike County, Mississippi|Pike]] |
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|area_code = [[Area code 601|601]] |
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|blank_info = 676344 |
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'''Progress''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Pike County, Mississippi]].<ref>{{GNIS|676344}}</ref> |
'''Progress''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Pike County, Mississippi]].<ref>{{GNIS|676344}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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A [[post office]] called Progress was established in 1937, and remained in operation until 1955.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MS&county=Pike&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref> The community advocated [[progressive education]] at the local schoolhouse, hence the name.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=110|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=106}}</ref> |
A [[post office]] called Progress was established in 1937, and remained in operation until 1955.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MS&county=Pike&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref> The community advocated [[progressive education]] at the local schoolhouse, hence the name.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=110|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=106}}</ref> |
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Progress is served by the Progress Public Library, which is part of the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System.<ref>{{cite web |title=Progress Public Library |url=https://www.pawls.org/progress-public-library |website=pawls.org |access-date=October 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:02, 13 October 2024
Progress, Mississippi | |
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  Progress, Mississippi  Progress, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 31°02′46″N 90°19′36″W / 31.04611°N 90.32667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Pike |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 601 |
| GNIS feature ID | 676344 |
Progress is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Mississippi.[1]
History
[edit]A post office called Progress was established in 1937, and remained in operation until 1955.[2] The community advocated progressive education at the local schoolhouse, hence the name.[3]
Progress is served by the Progress Public Library, which is part of the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Progress, Mississippi
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 106.
- ^ "Progress Public Library". pawls.org. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
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