Ron Collins' List of Extinct
Villages, Towns, Communities, Locales, and Bumps in the Road  
        
In 1890, the Mississippi Constitution definedthree types of gatherings of people |
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Cities | 2,000 population or greater | Towns | Less than 2,000 but greater than 500 | Villages | Less than 500 but greater than 100 |

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Each Location is Followed By The County, and is Based on Information from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT)Note: Locations listed under "Others" are thought to be now-extinct communities that were in a different location than any current city or community of the same name. These locations are NOT listed by the MDOT as historical, and are undocumented and have not been verified as actual locations. For two great references to Mississippi's towns of the past (in print), be sure to check out The Historical Geography of Extinct Towns in Mississippi, by Howard Glenn Adkins, and Hometown Mississippi by James F. Brieger.
Abernathy -- RankinAdamsville -- GreeneAirmount -- YalobushaAfrica -- CoahomaAlder Grove -- WashingtonAles -- MonroeAlexander -- IssaquenaAllendale -- LowndesAmericus -- JacksonAntioch -- AttalaAntioch -- KemperAponaug -- AttalaApplewhite Private Hospital -- MarionApplewood -- LeeArcadia -- IssaquenaArena -- JacksonArmitage -- NoxubeeAshfordville -- ChoctawAshland -- MonroeAshwood -- WashingtonAttalaville -- AttalaAuris -- AttalaAyanabi -- Kemper ** Others ** Acons Albertsons Augusta Avara 
Babington -- WalthallBacon -- ChickasawBafrick -- RankinBasin -- GeorgeBattlefield -- CoahomaBear Creek -- AttalaBeaties Bluff -- MadisonBeckville -- CarrollBeckville -- KemperBeeks -- MonroeBells -- NoxubeeBeppo -- HancockBerea -- AttalaBethel -- ChickasawBethesda -- YazooBeulah -- AttalaBig Lake -- NoxubeeBissaasha -- NewtonBlackmonton -- CarrollBluff Springs -- AttalaBogue Toocolo Chitto -- KemperBolivar -- MonroeBoneyard -- AlcornBorder Springs -- LowndesBowles -- ChickasawBowlin -- AttalaBranchville -- AttalaBrazelia -- NoxubeeBristol -- MonroeBrooklyn -- NoxubeeBryantville -- CarrollBuena Vista -- JeffersonBurkettsville -- AttalaBurnham -- RankinBurns -- JasperBurtonton -- CopiahButtahatchie -- Monroe ** Others ** Bentamond 
Camargo -- MonroeCampbellton -- LeeCarrollville -- PrentissCarson Ridge -- AttalaCauthorn -- MonroeCedar Creek -- LowndesCedar Hill -- YazooCenter -- HancockCenter Point -- AttalaCenter Point -- NoxubeeCenter Point -- TallahatchieCenter Ridge -- KemperCentre -- Pearl RiverChalk Bluff -- ChickasawChapel Hill -- AttalaChethams -- YazooChins Springs -- LowndesChita -- AttalaChocchuma -- GrenadaChoctaw -- ClarkeChomontakali -- KemperChun Corner -- CarrollClaiborne -- JasperClaibornsville -- YazooCleary -- CoahomaCoaler -- CopiahCoars Springs -- CopiahCoatraw -- NewtonColbert -- MarshallCold Springs -- WashingtonColeville -- ChickasawColumbia Springs -- MarionComeby -- RankinConerby -- WalthallCongress -- ChickasawCoon Tail -- MonroeCoonwood -- WinstonCorrine -- MonroeCotton Gin Port -- MonroeCow Creek -- KemperCowpen -- AttalaCrahen -- SunflowerCreek -- ClarkeCrevi -- TallahatchieCross Roads -- NoxubeeCrow -- NoxubeeCuthi Uckehaca -- Kemper ** Others ** Caarosville Chritton Comay Crossburg 
Dallas -- LafayetteDane -- RankinDanville -- AlcornDarnall -- KemperDavidson -- ClarkeDavisville -- JasperDeane -- JeffersonDenman's Ferry -- CarrollDeposit -- WinstonDixie -- NoxubeeDobson -- RankinDonovan -- GeorgeDoolittle -- NewtonDoty Springs -- AttalaDover -- YazooDredge -- Walthall ** Others ** Doneansby Dushaw 
East Abeika -- KemperEast Coongetto -- KemperEast Yazo Skatane -- KemperEdgefield -- AttalaEleanor -- CoahomaEli -- NoxubeeElize -- ChickasawElon -- NoxubeeEpico -- HarrisonEtchehoma -- JasperEubanks -- GeorgeEvergreen -- Newton ** Others ** Eiscutta Ellzey Emery 
Fairport -- NoxubeeFairview -- NoxubeeFarewells -- NoxubeeFinis Hooks -- WinstonFink Bine -- RankinFitch -- CoahomaFloyton -- MonroeFlynn -- LowndesFordsville -- MarionForrest -- AttalaForrest City -- WashingtonForty -- RankinFoxtrap -- NoxubeeFriendship -- AttalaFriendship -- Montgomery ** Others ** None Yet
Galen -- SunflowerGarner -- LincolnGeorge -- RankinGerald -- CoahomaGin -- ClarkeGladneyville -- MonroeGlendale -- AttalaGlendale -- CoahomaGoose Pond -- ChickasawGoose Pond -- MonroeGoshen -- JasperGrantsville -- NoxubeeGrattam -- LowndesGreen -- LeakeGreenbrier -- MonroeGreenfield -- NewtonGreensboro -- WebsterGregory -- AttalaGrubb Springs -- MonroeGum Ridge -- Jefferson ** Others ** Gandsby Gilford Goodyear Groves Point 
Haanka Ullah -- KemperHamlet -- JasperHardscrabble -- LawrenceHarlan -- NoxubeeHarperville -- CopiahHarrisburg -- LeeHarrs Place -- CoahomaHartford -- CalhounHartford -- WebsterHashuqua -- NoxubeeHatchette -- KemperHaw Pond -- Jefferson DavisHemingway -- CarrollHeartease -- HarrisonHerbert -- KemperHervey -- ClaiborneHickory Flat -- ChickasawHilton -- YazooHolihtasha -- KemperHollands -- SharkeyHolt -- JasperHomochitto -- IssaquenaHopkinsville -- TippahHowell -- RankinHuntley -- Jefferson ** Others ** None Yet
Ihrie -- JeffersonIngomar -- IssaquenaIngram -- CoahomaIngram -- QuitmanIris -- CoahomaIsabell -- George ** Others ** Inda 
Jeff Davis -- NoxubeeJefferson Post Office -- CarrollJewell's Hill -- JasperJoe -- RankinJoplin -- Attala ** Others ** None Yet
Keno -- MarionKinnaird -- CopiahKirkwood Ferry -- Carroll ** Others ** None Yet
Lake Carrier -- PanolaLake Washington -- WashingtonLameta -- LeakeLangley -- AttalaLawrence -- MonroeLeedo -- JeffersonLehrton -- SunflowerLeighton -- YalobushaLiberty Hill -- AttalaLightville -- MarionLinden -- CopiahLinden -- RankinLinsey -- WashingtonLiverpool -- YazooLobutcha -- WinstonLocopolis -- TallahatchieLynwood -- Rankin ** Others ** Leotto Landing Longsdale Lorrine Lytal 
Macedonia -- AttalaMalcolm -- JeffersonMarguerite -- SunflowerMascot -- CoahomaMayhoff Springs -- HindsMcAnerney -- CarrollMcCluney -- MonroeMcIntyre -- LowndesMcNair Mill -- LincolnMercer -- AttalaMiddleton -- MontgomeryMiddleton -- WebsterMidway -- TallahatchieMilro -- RankinMitchner -- TallahatchieMohegan -- NoxubeeMohoba -- GreeneMoon Lake -- CoahomaMoseley -- RankinMount Zion -- LowndesMountain -- GeorgeMountain Creek -- RankinMunson -- AttalaMurphreesboro -- Tallahatchie ** Others ** McLures Milesville Moville 
Nanachehaw Post Office -- WarrenNarkeeta -- KemperNashville -- LowndesNatchez Under the Hill -- AdamsNeals -- ChickasawNeedmore -- TallahatchieNelia -- WashingtonNew Barton -- BentonNew Holmesville -- PikeNew Hope -- AttalaNew Mexico -- WashingtonNew York -- ChickasawNewport -- ChickasawNewtonville -- AttalaNorrell Post Office -- HindsNorth Center -- AttalaNorth Fork -- JeffersonNorth Union -- Attala ** Others ** New Camp 
Oak Bowery -- JasperOak Grove -- ChickasawOka Hullo -- NewtonOka Kapassa -- NewtonOktibbeha -- KemperOld Bassfield -- Jefferson DavisOld Centreville -- AmiteOld Georgetown -- CopiahOld Narkeetah -- KemperOld Peach Trees -- CoahomaOld Rinezi -- AlcornOld Scooba -- KemperOld Wahalak -- KemperOphelia -- RankinOrizaba -- TippahOverpark -- DeSoto ** Others ** Old Gerrington -- Carroll -- 8 Miles West of VaidenOmagrange Ozone City 
Paducah -- WashingtonPalmyra -- WarrenParkeville -- NoxubeeParks Place -- IssaquenaPatrons Union -- NewtonPattona -- ClaibornePaula -- NewtonPearce -- YazooPeden -- KemperPerkinsville -- WinstonPerota -- NewtonPhoenix -- JeffersonPierces Springs -- ClarkePikeville -- ChickasawPilgrim Rest -- AttalaPlantersville -- NoxubeePleasant Ridge -- AttalaPlumville -- HolmesPlymouth -- LowndesPollock -- SunflowerPopsons -- CoahomaPort Anderson -- WashingtonPrairie Hill -- LowndesPrairie Mount -- ChickasawPrentiss -- BolivarPrinceton -- WashingtonPromised Land -- SunflowerProspect -- ChickasawProvidence Post Office -- AttalaProvidence -- GrenadaProvidence -- Oktibbeha ** Others ** Panola Pharslia Port Roval Providence -- Franklin
Quay -- WashingtonQuins Station -- PikeQuiver -- Sunflower ** Others ** None Yet
Randolph -- WashingtonRara Avis -- IttawambaRawhide -- HarrisonRawsonville -- LauderdaleRed Bud -- KemperRed Land -- PontotocRiceville -- Pearl RiverRichmond -- RankinRidge -- ChickasawRobertsville -- CoahomaRockport -- AttalaRocky Mount -- KemperRodgers -- MonroeRoscoe -- NewtonRutherford -- AttalaRye -- Monroe ** Others ** Reba Recluse 
Salem -- BentonSalem -- ChickasawSand Hill -- AttalaSardinia -- YalobushaSarpeta -- ClaiborneScanlon -- NewtonShady Dell -- RankinShady Grove -- JasperShady Side -- WashingtonShake Rag -- ChickasawShankstown -- JeffersonShavers -- NoxubeeShelby -- ClaiborneSherwood Forest -- WarrenShiloh -- RankinShongalo -- Carroll -- Near VaidenShrock -- AttalaShula Grove -- LowndesShutersville -- CoahomaSilver Lake -- WashingtonSingleton -- WinstonSiwel Post Office -- HindsSix Towns -- NewtonSlavonia -- GeorgeSmith's Mill -- CarrollSpinks -- KemperSpring Plains -- ClaiborneSpringfield -- JeffersonStamper -- NewtonState Levee -- CoahomaSteele -- AttalaStephens -- PikeStillons -- CoahomaStokes -- CoahomaStory -- Jefferson DavisSturdivant -- TallahatchieSuccess -- JasperSummerville -- NoxubeeSunday -- CoahomaSycamore -- ChickasawSykes -- Monroe ** Others ** Snowsville Stongs 
Tabernacle -- AttalaTallahoma -- JasperTallaloosa -- MarshallTallow -- NewtonTamburo -- WashingtonTaylors -- NoxubeeTemperance Hill -- MonroeTerrells -- MonroeTexas -- KemperThompson -- AttalaThweatt -- AttalaToomer -- NewtonTurpin Switch -- CarrollTuscahoma -- Grenada ** Others ** Tatumville 
Uniontown -- JeffersonUnity -- AttalaUrbo -- Newton ** Others ** None Yet
Valena -- AttalaValley Hill Post Office -- CarrollVassar -- MonroeVolcan -- NewtonVrue -- Jasper ** Others ** None Yet
Wade -- SunflowerWalden -- MonroeWalkiah -- Pearl RiverWaltonia -- SunflowerWeems -- JasperWesley -- MonroeWest Port -- LowndesWestonia -- HancockWhite House -- ClarkeWhiteapple Post Office -- FranklinWickward -- NewtonWildwood -- CoahomaWillcox -- MonroeWilson -- GreeneWolfe Creek -- Lowndes ** Others ** Walley West Station Wilkensburg Woodruff Woodson 
None Yet
Yamacraw -- Pearl River
None Yet
Where did these towns go? Why were they once thrivingeconomic spots in the Deep South, and why did they disappear as quicklyas they were born? "Cotton" was King in the Northern sectionof the state until the 1930s. "Timber" was king in the Southernhalf of Mississippi until the middle of the century. As the railroad crisscrossedthe Magnolia State, the population began to move toward the center of thestate and away from the rivers which were the main source of navigation.Under the "Balance Agricultural With Industry" Plan which wasdeveloped in the 1940s, slowly the rural population began to move towardthe larger communities, bringing with them skills which were very muchneeded in the larger towns. The town of Rocky Springs was destroyed byYellow Fever in the early 1900s. The towns of Logtown and Napoleon which were located in Hancock County, were consumed by the NASA National Space Technology Lab (Stennis Space Center). Annexation was the demise of many of the communities which, are now extinct. Credit: Much of the information for this page camefrom "The Historical Geography Of Extinct Towns In Mississippi"by Howard G. Adkins, and information from the Mississippi Department of Transportation. This page was originally created and designed by CharlieLowe. It was passed down from Charlie to Donna Huffmaster, who maintained it under the title, Floran's Mississippi.Charlie and Donna had very extensive websites and the time came that they had to make a choice concerning which of the many interesting pages would remain on the Net, and which would have to go. I could not bear to see this wonderful contribution to Mississippi leave the Web, so I have added it to my site. ReturnTo Ron's Mississippi   Copyright © by Ron Collins. 2007. |