Duffee, first known as Liberty and later as Rue, was established as a religious community of Baptists from the Liberty Church shortly after the American Civil War. It was a quiet community in its first thirty years, gaining some commerce when the Buckwalter Lumber Company of Union, Mississippi established a railroad through the village and, in 1906, was renamed from Rue to Duffee for a railroad surveyor. In 1915, a depot was constructed on the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad which opened the following year. By 1916, the place had two churches, a school, and a mill. In 1918, it had a recorded population of 85. After the Great Depression, most of the inhabitants fled to find work elsewhere and the community suffered greatly in part. The community then saw a small resurgence in 1937 with the founding of the Columbus Planing Mill.[2]
The first post office established here was called Rue, which ran from 1902 to 1906. Another post office operated under the name Duffee from 1914 to 1959 and later, under the name Duffee Rural Station from 1959 to 1969.[3]
duffee, mississippi, duffee, unincorporated, community, located, newton, county, mississippi, united, states, duffee, approximately, miles, east, southeast, little, rock, south, mississippi, highway, unincorporated, communitycrossroads, duffeeshow, mississippi. Duffee is an unincorporated community located in Newton County Mississippi United States Duffee is approximately 6 3 miles 10 1 km east southeast of Little Rock south of Mississippi Highway 494 Duffee MississippiUnincorporated communityCrossroads in DuffeeDuffee MississippiShow map of MississippiDuffee MississippiShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 32 29 22 N 88 55 37 W 32 48944 N 88 92694 W 32 48944 88 92694CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyNewtonElevation499 ft 152 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code39337Area code601GNIS feature ID669484 1 History editDuffee first known as Liberty and later as Rue was established as a religious community of Baptists from the Liberty Church shortly after the American Civil War It was a quiet community in its first thirty years gaining some commerce when the Buckwalter Lumber Company of Union Mississippi established a railroad through the village and in 1906 was renamed from Rue to Duffee for a railroad surveyor In 1915 a depot was constructed on the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad which opened the following year By 1916 the place had two churches a school and a mill In 1918 it had a recorded population of 85 After the Great Depression most of the inhabitants fled to find work elsewhere and the community suffered greatly in part The community then saw a small resurgence in 1937 with the founding of the Columbus Planing Mill 2 The first post office established here was called Rue which ran from 1902 to 1906 Another post office operated under the name Duffee from 1914 to 1959 and later under the name Duffee Rural Station from 1959 to 1969 3 References edit nbsp Mississippi portal U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Duffee Mississippi Brieger James F 1997 Hometown Mississippi Town Square Books Incorporated ISBN 978 1 886017 05 4 Newton County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved April 28 2020 nbsp This Newton County Mississippi state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duffee Mississippi amp oldid 1168157572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
