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Banner, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°05′19″N 89°23′05″W / 34.08861°N 89.38472°W / 34.08861; -89.38472
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Calhoun
Elevation	344 ft (105 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38913
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	666507

Banner is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. Banner is located along Mississippi Highway 9W, 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Bruce.

History

The population in 1900 was 114. Around that time, the settlement had a money order post office, two churches, and several stores.

A post office first began operation under the name Banner in 1850.

Notable people

• Jim Joe Edwards, professional baseball player from 1922–1928.
• Ula B. Ross, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920

References

1. "Banner ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. "Banner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Calhoun County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 208.
5. "Calhoun County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
6. "James Corbette Edwards". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
7. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Pittsboro
Towns	Bruce Calhoun City Derma Vardaman
Villages	Big Creek Pittsboro Slate Springs
Unincorporated communities	Banner Bently Dentontown Ellard Hollis Loyd Reid Sabougla Sarepta Skuna
Ghost towns	Hopewell Old Town
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