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 Jackson, [Mississippi metropolitan statistical area|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.