Saratoga, Mississippi

Saratoga, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Saratoga, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Saratoga, Mississippi
Saratoga, Mississippi
Location within Mississippi
Saratoga, Mississippi is located in the United States
Saratoga, Mississippi
Saratoga, Mississippi
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 31°47′49″N 89°40′39″W / 31.79694°N 89.67750°W / 31.79694; -89.67750
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountySimpson
Elevation
341 ft (104 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes601 & 769
GNIS feature ID692209[1]

Saratoga is an unincorporated community in Simpson County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

History

Saratoga is located on the Canadian National Railway and once had a railroad depot.[2]

In 1906, Saratoga was home to two sawmills, a planing mill, a general store and a bottleworks.[3]

A post office called Saratoga was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1920.[4] The community's name is a transfer from Saratoga, in Upstate New York.[5] A variant name is "Togey".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saratoga
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Saratoga, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 593.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.


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