Lorman, Mississippi
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Lorman is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Lorman is approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Fayette, near Highway 61 on Mississippi Highway 552.
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 Natchez Trace Road near Lorman and Old Greenville, photographed c. 1938 | |
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| Coordinates: 31°49′14″N 91°03′00″W / 31.82056°N 91.05000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Jefferson |
| Elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39096 |
| Area code | 601 |
| GNIS feature ID | 672868[1] |
Lorman is the nearest community to Alcorn State University, in Claiborne County, the alma mater of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Its ZIP code is 39096.
Lorman is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad. A post office operated under the name Lee from 1884 to 1899 and first began operating under the name Lorman in 1899.[2]
Lorman is home to multiple historic plantations, including Blantonia Plantation,[3] Canemount Plantation,[4] China Grove,[5] Prospect Hill Plantation,[6] and Rosswood.[4]
Jefferson County School District operates public schools in all of the county.[7]
The county is in the district of Copiah–Lincoln Community College, and has been since 1967.[8]
- Steve Mcnair
- Bill Foster, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and former head baseball coach of Alcorn State University.[9]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lorman, Mississippi
- ^ "Lorman, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ a b Baldwin, Jack; Baldwin, Winnie (2000). Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican. pp. 75–79. ISBN 1-56554-663-6.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ Walt Grayson, Mississippi Seen: "Grand monument honors man’s benevolent legacy", Today in Mississippi, 17 October 2014, published by Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, accessed October 13, 2021
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list
- ^ "History". Copiah–Lincoln Community College. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Heaphy, Leslie, ed. (2006). Black Baseball and Chicago. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7864-2674-4.