Dentville, Mississippi

Dentville, also known as Pine Bluff, is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States.

Dentville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°57′36″N 90°33′19″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Copiah
Elevation	262 ft (80 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	669234[1]

History

The community was originally known as Pine Bluff, a descriptive name for a bluff over Bayou Pierre. A post office already existed with the name Pine Bluff in Mississippi, so the community was named Dentville in honor of Warren Dent, a storeowner and the community's first postmaster.^[2]

A post office operated under the name Dentville from 1887 to 1906.^[3]

Notable person

• Robert Charles, spree killer. Sparked the Robert Charles riots in New Orleans.^[4]