Official Name: | McNeill, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pearl River |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 243 |
Coordinates: | 30.6689°N -89.6383°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 39457 |
Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 673420 |
McNeill, Mississippi is an unincorporated community in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States.[1] The zip code is: 39457.
McNeill is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway and is possibly named for a family who moved to the area from North Carolina to operate a turpentine business.[2]
In 1906, McNeill had an estimated population of 250.[3]
Mississippi State University operates the McNeill Research Unit in McNeill. The unit conducts experiments on muscadine growth and Formosan termites in addition to silvopasture research.[4]
Donna Pope of McNeill was crowned Miss Mississippi in 1980, and was second runner-up at the Miss America Pageant.[5]