Sherard, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

34°12′56″N 90°42′22″W / 34.21556°N 90.70611°W / 34.21556; -90.70611CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyCoahomaElevation

164 ft (50 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

38669

Area code662GNIS feature ID677650^[1]

Sherard is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Sherard is located along Mississippi Highway 1, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Clarksdale.

History

Sherard is named for the Sherard family, who cleared the land for a plantation in 1874. The plantation originally had two cotton gins, a saw mill, and pecan processing equipment.^[2] Sherard is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and in 1910 was home to four general stores and the Memphis Shingle Company.^[3] A post office first began operation under the name Sherard in 1890.^[4]

Sherard is served by the Coahoma County School District. Residents are served by Sherard Elementary School and Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School.^[5]

A cultivar of pecan known as Sherard was developed in Sherard in 1916.^[6]

Notable person

Lewis C. Hudson, Brigadier General in the Marine Corps, lived in Sherard in the 1920s.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sherard, Mississippi
^ Best Books on (1938). Mississippi; a Guide to the Magnolia State,. Best Books on. pp. 347–8. ISBN 978-1-62376-023-6.
^ Howe, Tony. "Sherard, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "Schools." Coahoma County School District. Retrieved on July 6, 2017.
^ Proceedings of the ... convention of the American Pomological Society. 1922. p. 301.