Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Goshen Springs, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Location within the state of Mississippi

Coordinates: 32°29′13″N 89°55′15″W / 32.48694°N 89.92083°W / 32.48694; -89.92083Coordinates: 32°29′13″N 89°55′15″W / 32.48694°N 89.92083°W / 32.48694; -89.92083
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Rankin
Elevation 420 ft (130 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 691897[1]

Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

History

The settlement was founded about 1833.[2]

Goshen Springs had a post office.[3] The historic building has since been moved to a museum in Brandon.[4]

Located in the vicinity of Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a pre-historic archeological settlement listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Goshen Springs is located along a now-abandoned portion of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Rebel passenger train once passed through Goshen Springs each day.[6][7]

In 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, 31-year-old John Lee of Goshen Springs was found beaten to death on a county road. Lee had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Goshen Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Goshen Springs". Rankin County Historical Society. October 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Goshen Springs Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ Wilkerson, Lyn (2010). Slow Travels-Mississippi. Lyn Wilkerson.
  5. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Stations and Structured on Current and Former Railroad Lines in Mississippi". ICRR.net. January 14, 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Rebel". American Rails. Retrieved June 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Partial List of Racial Murders in the South in the Last 2 Years" (PDF). CORE Southern Regional Office. April 1965.
  9. ↑ "Barksdale Information". Barksdale Air Force Base. October 31, 2014.
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