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Duffee, Mississippi

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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.
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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
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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
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Duffee, first known as Liberty and later as Rue, was established as a religious community of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duffee, Mississippi
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Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Mississippi
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Unincorporated community
Crossroads in Duffee
Duffee, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Duffee, Mississippi is located in the United States
32°29′22″N 88°55′37″W / 32.48944°N 88.92694°W / 32.48944; -88.92694
Country
State
Mississippi
County
Newton
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
601
GNIS
unincorporated community
Newton County
Mississippi
Little Rock
Baptists
American Civil War
Union, Mississippi
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Great Depression
Mississippi portal
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duffee, Mississippi

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