Jayess, Mississippi

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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

CountryUnited States

Elevation

446 ft (136 m)

39641

Jayess, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°21′54″N 90°12′21″W / 31.36500°N 90.20583°W / 31.36500; -90.20583
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 codes	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	671818^[1]

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

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

Jimmy Boyd, singer, musician, and actor best known for 1950s holiday hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."^[9]
Clem Nettles, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.^[10]
Ineva May-Pittman, civil rights activist; recipient of Jackson, Mississippi City Council's 2015 "Woman of the Year" award.^[11]^[12]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jayess
1 2 "Towns and Communities of Lawrence County, Mississippi". MS Genealogy. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
1 2 Beard, Lewis Jackson (October 9, 2009). "Jayess, Mississippi: Pictures from the Past". Jayess, Mississippi: Pictures from the Past.
↑ "Jayess". PostOfficeFinder.org. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
↑ The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1975. p. 430.
↑ Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives. United States Congress, House Committee on Un-American Activities. 1966. p. 1583.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jayess Baptist Church
↑ "Boyd-Cothern House". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
↑ "Noteworthy: The Mississippi origins of 'Mommy Kissing Santa' | HubCitySPOKES". www.hubcityspokes.com. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
↑ Criminal Alien Requirement (Florida, Mississippi and Georgia): Environmental Impact Statement. Vol. 2. U.S. Department of Justice. 2001. pp. VIII-10.
↑ Morris, Tiyi Makeda (2015). Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi. University of Georgia Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780820347301.
↑ Mustafaa, Ayesha K. (March 26, 2015). "City Council Meeting at JSU eCenter Draws Huge Turnout" (PDF). The Mississippi Link.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Monticello
Towns	Monticello New Hebron Silver Creek	Map of Mississippi highlighting Lawrence County
Unincorporated communities	Arm Jayess Oak Vale‡ Oma Sontag Topeka
Footnotes	‡This community also has portions in adjacent county or counties
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