Electric Mills, Mississippi

Electric Mills is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi. It lies along U.S. Route 45 east of the city of De Kalb, the county seat of Kemper County.[2]

Electric Mills, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Electric Mills
Location in Mississippi and the United States
Electric Mills
Electric Mills (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°46′9″N 88°27′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyKemper
Elevation
190 ft (60 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID669716[1]

History

The town of Electric Mills was established in 1913 and named after its modern, electrically powered mill; one of the first mills to be completely electric-powered.[3]

In 1914, Electric Mills and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina were selected by the United States Public Health Service as sites to conduct fieldwork on the prevention of malaria. Through improved drainage and the use of quinine, both towns experienced significant reductions in the disease.[4]

Much of the town was removed after milling ceased in 1941.[3]

Notable people

Electric Mills is mentioned in James Ellroy's 2001 novel The Cold Six Thousand:

I'm from DeKalb. It's a smidge between Scooba and Electric Mills.[8]

gollark: Okay then, add/delete with multiple codes should work now, and the code is *much* cleaner.
gollark: Okay then, I've been testing multi-add and that's working on my test setup, so switching live YAH to that soonish.
gollark: Ah, the bugs you find while working on unrelated things...
gollark: Huh, looks like the YAH delete button never worked.
gollark: Prizekins are *generally* worth a CB copper or so, I think.

References
  1. "Electric Mills, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 56.
  3. Mississippi State Department of Archives and History. "Electric Mills Historical Marker". Retrieved August 19, 2009.
  4. Humphreys, Margaret (2003). Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States. JHU Press.
  5. Oregon Blue Book 2007-2008. Oregon State Archives. 2007.
  6. "Henry Presswood". Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  7. "Price, Milburn". Hope Publishing. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  8. Ellroy, James. The Cold Six Thousand. Random House. 2001, p. 545.



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