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The Mississippi State Hospital ( MSH) is a psychiatric facility operated by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. [1] It is located in the unincorporated community of Whitfield, Rankin County, Mississippi, [2] [3] along Mississippi Highway 468. [4] The 350-acre (140 ha) campus is 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Jackson, [5] between Jackson ...
Kuhn Memorial State Hospital. Vicksburg. Warren. 84. 1847. 1989. Founded in 1847 as the Vicksburg City Hospital. Came under control of the University of Mississippi in 1908 and name changed to Mississippi State Charity Hospital. Renamed Kuhn Memorial in 1954.
The parcel of land on which UMMC's University Hospital sits was once the site of the Mississippi Insane Asylum, [4] which moved its operations in 1935 to Whitfield, Miss., and became Mississippi State Hospital. [5] The bodies of perhaps seven thousand patients have been found on campus in unmarked graves. [6]
Whitfield was a Democrat. He donated 185 acres (0.75 km 2) of land in the northern part of the state to facilitate the creation of what is simultaneously the state's largest psychiatric facility and hospital, now known as Mississippi State Hospital.
Rankin County, Mississippi. / 32.26°N 89.95°W / 32.26; -89.95. Rankin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The western border of the county is formed by the Pearl River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 157,031, [1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Mississippi. The county seat is Brandon. [2]
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Whitfield, Mississippi. / 32.23556°N 90.07194°W / 32.23556; -90.07194. Whitfield is an unincorporated community located in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. [1] The zip code is: 39193. The Mississippi State Hospital is located in Whitfield. [2]
He had previously been charged with passing bad checks in 1940, but after suffering an attack during the trial, he was remanded to the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield on January 13, 1940, where underwent medical examinations. After spending twelve days in the hospital, Roberts was determined to be sane and released, with the charges ...