Heathman, Mississippi

Heathman, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Heathman, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°26′24″N 90°43′13″W / 33.44000°N 90.72028°W / 33.44000; -90.72028Coordinates: 33°26′24″N 90°43′13″W / 33.44000°N 90.72028°W / 33.44000; -90.72028
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Sunflower
Elevation	125 ft (38 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	38751
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	671056[1]

Heathman is an unincorporated community located in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Heathman is located just off U.S. Route 82 on Heathman Road and approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Indianola and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Holly Ridge.

The Heathman Plantation is located here.

Heathman is the birthplace of George Washington Lee (1894-1976). Known as "Lieutenant Lee of Beale Street", Lee moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he became a successful author and civic leader.

References

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States County seat: Indianola Cities Drew Indianola Moorhead Ruleville Shaw‡ Towns Doddsville Inverness Sunflower Unincorporated communities Baird Baltzer Blaine Boyer Caile Dockery Dwyer Fairview Heathman Holly Ridge Kinlock Linn Parchman Rome Roundaway Steiner Stephensville Ghost towns Cottondale Inwood Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties