Shiloh, Mississippi

Shiloh
Ghost town
Shiloh

Location within the state of Mississippi

Coordinates: 32°40′18″N 91°05′26″W / 32.67167°N 91.09056°W / 32.67167; -91.09056Coordinates: 32°40′18″N 91°05′26″W / 32.67167°N 91.09056°W / 32.67167; -91.09056
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Issaquena
Elevation 102 ft (31 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 711155[1]

Shiloh is a ghost town located in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. Shiloh Landing was its port on the Mississippi River.[1]

Shiloh began as a plantation owned by Richard Christmas, who in 1860 held 160 enslaved laborers there.[2][3]

In 1900, Shiloh had a post office and a population of 78.[4]

Nothing remains of Shiloh, which today is uninhabited and covered by forest to river's edge.

References

  1. 1 2 "Shiloh Landing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 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.
  3. "The Richard Christmas Family". Issaquena Genealogy and History Project. Retrieved April 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 660.


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