The settlement is located along the Yazoo Pass waterway.
Historyedit
First called Yazoo Pass Station, the settlement was a stop along a now-abandoned section of the Illinois Central Railroad.[1][2] The present name is derived from the last name of one Mr. Richenberger, a local merchant.[3]
The population in 1900 was 30.[4] A post office operated under the name Rich from 1888 to 1994.[5]
rich, mississippi, rich, unincorporated, community, coahoma, county, mississippi, united, states, unincorporated, communityrichshow, mississippirichshow, united, statescoordinates, 41611, 44472, 41611, 44472countryunited, statesstatemississippicountycoahomaele. Rich is an unincorporated community in Coahoma County Mississippi United States Rich MississippiUnincorporated communityRichShow map of MississippiRichShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 34 24 58 N 90 26 41 W 34 41611 N 90 44472 W 34 41611 90 44472CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyCoahomaElevation180 ft 50 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP codes38617GNIS feature ID676627 1 The settlement is located along the Yazoo Pass waterway History editFirst called Yazoo Pass Station the settlement was a stop along a now abandoned section of the Illinois Central Railroad 1 2 The present name is derived from the last name of one Mr Richenberger a local merchant 3 The population in 1900 was 30 4 A post office operated under the name Rich from 1888 to 1994 5 Notable person editThomas Harris writer 6 References edit a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Rich Rich Mississippi Mississippi Rails Retrieved February 13 2017 Moyer Armond Moyer Winifred 1958 The origins of unusual place names Keystone Pub Associates p 112 Rowland Dunbar 1907 Mississippi Comprising Sketches of Counties Towns Events Institutions and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form Vol 2 Southern Historical Publishing Association p 554 Coahoma County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved June 10 2020 Cowley Jason November 19 2006 Creator of a Monstrous Hit The Guardian nbsp This Coahoma 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 Rich Mississippi amp oldid 1167505255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
