Wingate, Mississippi

Wingate, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Canadian National Railway crossing in Wingate, Mississippi
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Coordinates: 31°12′10″N 89°00′05″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Perry
Elevation	115 ft (35 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	601
GNIS feature ID	695195[1]

Wingate is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Mississippi.^[2]

History

Wingate is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad.^[3] It was formerly home to a school, several stores, railroad stop, and two sawmills.^[4] The railroad station was closed in 1912.^[5]

A post office operated under the name Wingate from 1902 to 1926.^[6]

Notes

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wingate, Mississippi
2. "Wingate, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Howe, Tony. "Wingate, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 986.
5. Mississippi. Public Service Commission (1913). Biennial Report of the Public Service Commission of the State of Mississippi. p. 64.
6. "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 30, 2020.