Wayside, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: Mississippi#USA 33°16′08″N 91°02′01″W / 33.26889°N 91.03361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Washington |
Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 38780 |
Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 679401 [1] |
Wayside is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. [1]
The settlement has a post office and water tower. Wayside is located on Mississippi Highway 1 approximately 8 mi (13 km) south of Greenville. [2]
The Belmont Plantation was located in Wayside. The plantation home was completed in 1859, [3] and has been described as "one of the few antebellum homes in the region not burned by rampaging Union soldiers". [4] The extant home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [5]
Wayside was originally located directly on the Mississippi River at the eastern end of "American Bend", and the early settlement had a steamboat landing. The river changed course following a flood in 1858, cutting off the bend and creating an oxbow lake now called Lake Lee. [6] [7]
A branch of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway, completed in the late 1880s, passed through Wayside. [3]
In 1900, the population was 65. [8]
On October 9, 2009, a tornado destroyed three mobile homes, damaged 16 houses and knocked down trees. A fatality occurred in a mobile home, and two others were injured.[ citation needed]