Piney Woods
Piney Woods is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. It is the site of the Piney Woods Country Life School, a historically African-American boarding school established in 1909.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States of America
- Also known as: “Piney Woods, Mississippi” and “Piney Woods, MS”
- Postal code: 39148
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piney Woods Country Life School.
Piney Woods Country Life School
School
The Piney Woods Country Life School is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9–12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi, 21 miles south of Jackson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Star.
Star
Hamlet
Star is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States, located southeast of Jackson. Its ZIP code is 39167, area code is 601 and local exchange is 845. Star is situated 4 miles northwest of Piney Woods.
Piney Woods
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Rankin, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.06265° or 32° 3′ 46″ northLongitude
-89.99286° or 89° 59′ 34″ westElevation
489 feet (149 metres)Open location code
864G3274+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 153771976OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Piney Woods” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮內伍茲”
- French: “Piney Woods”
- Volapük: “Piney Woods (Mississippi)”
- Volapük: “Piney Woods (MS)”
- Volapük: “Piney Woods, Mississippi”
- Volapük: “Piney Woods, MS”
- Volapük: “Piney Woods”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piney Woods Cemetery and Old Taylor Hill Cemetery.
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