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==History== The town is named after [[James K. Vardaman|James Kimble Vardaman]], Mississippi governor from 1904 to 1908. Vardaman was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] who later became a member of the [[United States Senate]]. In the early days of the town, its post office was named "Timberville" while the town was still known as "Vardaman," leading to confusion in various letterheads. Postmaster [[Henry Clay Payne]] refused to name a post office after James K. Vardaman, who had attacked [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in newspaper editorials published in the ''[[The Greenwood Commonwealth|Greenwood Commonwealth]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vardaman-history-project.us/incorporation.html|title=Vardaman History Project|website=www.vardaman-history-project.us|access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref> The town's post office was officially named "Vardaman" in 1912.
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