Brazil, Mississippi

Brazil, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
True Vine Baptist Church in Brazil
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Coordinates: 34°01′35″N 90°16′50″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Tallahatchie
Elevation	154 ft (47 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38963
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	667534[1]

Brazil is an unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Brazil is on Mississippi Highway 321 approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Webb and 12 miles (19 km) south of Lambert.

The community is also known as Lay and Stover.^[2]

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Marks, 18 miles (29 km) to the north.

Education

Brazil is in the West Tallahatchie School District.^[3] R. H. Bearden School and West Tallahatchie High School are the local schools.

It was previously a part of the Brazil Consolidated School District.^[4] Brazil formerly had its own school, with the final building built for $50,000 in 1936.^[5] In the 1940s, the district made plans to build an expansion.^[6] The previous Brazil school was destroyed by a fire.^[7] Due to underenrollment, as the school had 40 students registered in 1965, it was closed that year.^[5] and the building put up for sale by the school district.^[2]

Coahoma Community College is the designated community college.^[8]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brazil, Mississippi
2. "Notice of Sale". The Sumner Sentinel. September 16, 1965. p. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
3. "About WTSD". West Tallahatchie School District. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
4. "[...]State of Mississippi, in witness whereof[...]". The Sun-Sentinel. Vol. 5, no. 15. Charleston, Mississippi. July 17, 1924. p. 2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
5. "Brazil School to Close". The Sumner Sentinel. Vol. 56, no. 49. June 17, 1965. p. 1. - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78885543/for-brazil-mississippi/ Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
6. "Notice to Contractors". The Greenwood Commonwealth. February 24, 1947. p. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
7. "Brazil School to be Erected Soon". The Clarksdale Press Register. September 25, 1936. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
8. "Student Residency" (Archive). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."