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|official_name = Lorman, Mississippi
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'''Lorman''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located in [[Jefferson County, Mississippi|Jefferson County]], Mississippi, United States. Lorman is approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} north of [[Fayette, Mississippi|Fayette]], near [[U.S. Route 61 in Mississippi|Highway 61]] on [[Mississippi Highway 552]].
Lorman is the nearest community to [[Alcorn State University]], in [[Claiborne County, Mississippi|Claiborne County]], the alma mater of former [[National Football League|NFL]] quarterback [[Steve McNair]]. Its [[ZIP code]] is 39096.
==History==
Lorman is located on the former [[Illinois Central Railroad]]. A post office operated under the name Lee from 1884 to 1899 and first began operating under the name Lorman in 1899.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorman, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Lorman.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>
Lorman is home to multiple historic plantations, including [[Blantonia Plantation]],<ref>{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/93000145 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref> [[Canemount Plantation]],<ref name="Baldwin">{{cite book |last1=Baldwin |first1=Jack |last2=Baldwin |first2=Winnie |title=Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi |date=2000 |publisher=Pelican |location=Gretna, Louisiana |isbn=1-56554-663-6 |pages=75–79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4tm4J_zY7wC&dq=lorman+mississippi&pg=PA75}}</ref> [[China Grove (Lorman, Mississippi)|China Grove]],<ref>{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80002254 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref> [[Prospect Hill Plantation]],<ref>[http://www.todayinmississippi.com/index.php/mississippi_seen/article/2865 Walt Grayson, ''Mississippi Seen:'' "Grand monument honors man’s benevolent legacy"], ''Today in Mississippi'', 17 October 2014, published by Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, accessed October 13, 2021</ref> and [[Rosswood]].<ref name="Baldwin"/>
==Notable person==
* Steve Mcnair
* [[Bill Foster (baseball)|Bill Foster]], member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] and former head baseball coach of [[Alcorn State University]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Heaphy |editor1-first=Leslie |title=Black Baseball and Chicago |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-2674-4 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jH043iKJlF8C&dq=bill+foster+lorman+mississippi&pg=PA74}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Cane Ridge, Mississippi]]
==References==
{{Portal|Mississippi}}
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{{Jefferson County, Mississippi}}
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi]]
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