The town is located at the crossroads of MS Highway 370, the Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial Highway, and a paved county road. This is the route that the Yankees took trying to catch General Nathan Bedford Forrest during the Civil War at  the time of the Battle at Brice's Crossroads.  Sturgis and his men made themselves at home in Dumas staying at Stubbs Plantation while they waited on Forrest and his troups.
    The Stubb's Plantation house was reported to quite grand, with two and a half stories.  The top floor had a banquet hall most often used for weddings and social gatherings.  The town once sported quite a few Victorian Style homes, a school, a doctors office, post office and quite a few stores.  Today, all that remains is a small community with a couple of stores and a restaurant.