Editing Mendenhall, Mississippi (section)

==History==
Mendenhall was originally called Edna, to honor the wife of developer Phillip Didlake. After learning that a town with that name already existed in Mississippi, the city had its name changed to Mendenhall to honor Thomas Mendenhall, a citizen and lawyer from [[Westville, Simpson County, Mississippi|Westville, Mississippi]] (which has become a [[ghost town]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoversimpsoncounty.com/index.php/history_heritage|title=History and Heritage|publisher=Discover Simpson County|date=1921-04-26|access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref>

Mendenhall is the county seat of Simpson County. The county courthouse was built in 1907<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://southernlagniappe.blogspot.com/2011/03/place-called-mendenhall.html|title=Southern Lagniappe: A Place Called Mendenhall|website=Southernlagniappe.blogspot.com|date=2011-03-16|access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref> by architect Andrew J. Byron.<ref name=autogenerated1/>

Weathersby, named for one of its founding families, was an unincorporated census-designated community {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} southeast of Mendenhall, and {{convert|7.4|mi|km}} northeast of [[Magee, Mississippi|Magee]]. According to Charles Baldwin, Simpson County Tax Collector, Mendenhall annexed Weathersby in the 1980s.<ref>[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=114427 Weathersby and Choctaw Heritage — Simpson County Heritage Trail], hmdb.org. Accessed May 19, 2024.</ref>