Claibornesville, Mississippi
| Claibornesville, Mississippi | |
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| Ghost town | |
  Claibornesville, Mississippi Location within the state of Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 32°36′05″N 90°32′10″W / 32.60139°N 90.53611°WCoordinates: 32°36′05″N 90°32′10″W / 32.60139°N 90.53611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Yazoo |
| Elevation | 312 ft (95 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 686661[1] |
Claibornesville is a ghost town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.
Claibornesville had a post office as early as 1846.[2]
A comical short-story set in Claibornesville, entitled Mike Hooter's Fight With The Panther: A Yazoo Sketch, was published in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1854.[3]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claibornesville (historical)
- ↑ Table of Post Offices in the United States on the First Day of October, 1846. United States Post Office Department. 1846. p. 41.
- ↑ "Mike Hooter's Fight With The Panther: A Yazoo Sketch". The Sydney Morning Herald. November 14, 1854.
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