Way, Mississippi

Way is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Mississippi. Way is approximately north of Canton on Way Road.
Way is located within the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Way is located on the Grenada Railroad. A post office operated under the name Way's Bluff from 1858 to 1895 and under the name Way from 1895 to 1968.
In 1900, the community had a population of 36.
The Allison's Wells Hotel—described as a stately structure with a large ballroom—was located in Way. In 1948, the Mississippi Art Colony was organized at the hotel. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1963.
Camp Bratton-Green, the summer camping program of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, housed on the campus of the Duncan M. Gray Center, is located in Way, Mississippi.