Jayess, Mississippi

Jayess is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Jayess, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°21′54″N 90°12′21″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lawrence
Elevation	446 ft (136 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39641
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	671818[1]

History

Jayess was named for J.S. Butterfield, owner of the Butterfield Lumber Company.[2] The Butterfield Company laid down a railroad through Jayess in 1912 to transport timber being harvested in the area to the company's sawmill in Norfield, approximately 15 mi (24 km) west of Jayess.[3] J.S. Butterfield's initials were used until the Postal Department changed it in when opened in 1912, to create the name "Jayess.".[2] A post office is still located at the settlement.[4]

Both a sawmill and a cotton gin were located in Jayess.[3][5]

A klavern of the Ku Klux Klan was located in Jayess during the early 1960s.[6]

The Jayess Baptist Church is located at the settlement.[7] Located west of Jayess is the Boyd-Cothern House, constructed in 1837, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[8]

Notable people

• Clem Nettles, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.[9]
• Ineva May-Pittman, civil rights activist; recipient of Jackson, Mississippi City Council's 2015 "Woman of the Year" award.[10][11]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jayess
2. "Towns and Communities of Lawrence County, Mississippi". MS Genealogy. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
3. Beard, Lewis Jackson (October 9, 2009). "Jayess, Mississippi: Pictures from the Past". Jayess, Mississippi: Pictures from the Past.
4. "Jayess". PostOfficeFinder.org. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
5. The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1975. p. 430.
6. Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives. United States Congress, House Committee on Un-American Activities. 1966. p. 1583.
7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jayess Baptist Church
8. "Boyd-Cothern House". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
9. Criminal Alien Requirement (Florida, Mississippi and Georgia): Environmental Impact Statement. 2. U.S. Department of Justice. 2001. pp. VIII-10.
10. Morris, Tiyi Makeda (2015). Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi. University of Georgia Press. p. 2.
11. Mustafaa, Ayesha K. (March 26, 2015). "City Council Meeting at JSU eCenter Draws Huge Turnout" (PDF). The Mississippi Link.