Stoneville is an unincorporated community northwest of Leland, Mississippi. The USDA research facility that employed Paul Henson, Jim Henson's father, was located in Stoneville.[1] The Henson family also resided in Stoneville, but, because the community had no schools of its own, Jim Henson attended elementary school in nearby Leland.[2]
On October 18, 2005, the United States Postal Service held a ceremony for the Jim Henson and the Muppets postage stamps that featured a "Birthplace of the Frog Station" pictorial cancel. The ceremony took place at the Capps Entrepreneurial Center, the former site of the Stoneville USDA research facility.[1] However, the name and ZIP code on the cancel are those of Leland.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 USPS Press release
- ↑ Clark, Thomas D., telephone interview with Henson archivist Karen Falk, December 10, 2009.