FIRST -- Telephone Exchange in Mississippi -- Vicksburg MS
N 32° 21.106 W 090° 52.727
15S E 699611 N 3581405
The Louisiana Telephone Co. installed the first telephone exchange in Vicksburg in 1881.
Waymark Code: WMMFKX
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2014
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A marker at the old warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg MS recalls early communications history here, and commemorates a first that happened in Vicksburg.
The marker reads as follows:
SOUTH CENTRAL BELL (1881-1981)
The first telephone exchange in Mississippi was installed in Vicksburg, January 10, 1881, at 102 1/2 North Washington Street, by the Louisiana Telephone Company, a predecessor of South Central Bell.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1881
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