Shiloh is a ghost town located in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. Shiloh Landing was its port on the Mississippi River.[1]
Shiloh, Mississippi | |
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 Part of Issaquena County along the Mississippi River mapped sometime between 1866 and 1874; Col. Christmas' Shiloh Egypt plantation had cabins that had formerly been used as slave quarters, a main residence, and a cotton gin | |
  Shiloh  Shiloh | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′18″N 91°05′26″W / 32.67167°N 91.09056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Issaquena |
| Elevation | 102 ft (31 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 711155[1] |
Shiloh began as a plantation owned by Richard Christmas, who in 1860 held 160 enslaved laborers there.[2][3] A post office operated under the name Shiloh Landing from 1892 to 1901 and under the name Shiloh from 1901 to 1932.[4]
In 1900, Shiloh had a post office and a population of 78.[5]
Nothing remains of Shiloh, which today is uninhabited and covered by forest to river's edge.
See also
edit- Eliza Winston – American slave (1830–?)
References
edit- ^ a b "Shiloh Landing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Annual Report of the Director, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to the Secretary of Commerce. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1889. p. 451.
- ^ "The Richard Christmas Family". Issaquena Genealogy and History Project. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 660.
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