Ron Collins'

List of Extinct

Mississippi

Villages, Towns, Communities, Locales, and Bumps in the Road


Mississippi's Extinct Towns from 1830 - 1969 (Map)

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Mississippi -- The Magnolia State

In 1890, the Mississippi Constitution definedthree types of
gatherings of people
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.

Mississippi's Lost Locales -- A - K

Mississippi's Lost Locales -- L - Z

A

Abernathy -- Rankin

Adamsville -- Greene

Airmount -- Yalobusha

Africa -- Coahoma

Alder Grove -- Washington

Ales -- Monroe

Alexander -- Issaquena

Allendale -- Lowndes

Americus -- Jackson

Antioch -- Attala

Antioch -- Kemper

Aponaug -- Attala

Applewhite Private Hospital -- Marion

Applewood -- Lee

Arcadia -- Issaquena

Arena -- Jackson

Armitage -- Noxubee

Ashfordville -- Choctaw

Ashland -- Monroe

Ashwood -- Washington

Attalaville -- Attala

Auris -- Attala

Ayanabi -- Kemper

** Others **

Acons

Albertsons

Augusta

Avara

B

Babington -- Walthall

Bacon -- Chickasaw

Bafrick -- Rankin

Basin -- George

Battlefield -- Coahoma

Bear Creek -- Attala

Beaties Bluff -- Madison

Beckville -- Carroll

Beckville -- Kemper

Beeks -- Monroe

Bells -- Noxubee

Beppo -- Hancock

Berea -- Attala

Bethel -- Chickasaw

Bethesda -- Yazoo

Beulah -- Attala

Big Lake -- Noxubee

Bissaasha -- Newton

Blackmonton -- Carroll

Bluff Springs -- Attala

Bogue Toocolo Chitto -- Kemper

Bolivar -- Monroe

Boneyard -- Alcorn

Border Springs -- Lowndes

Bowles -- Chickasaw

Bowlin -- Attala

Branchville -- Attala

Brazelia -- Noxubee

Bristol -- Monroe

Brooklyn -- Noxubee

Bryantville -- Carroll

Buena Vista -- Jefferson

Burkettsville -- Attala

Burnham -- Rankin

Burns -- Jasper

Burtonton -- Copiah

Buttahatchie -- Monroe

** Others **

Bentamond

C

Camargo -- Monroe

Campbellton -- Lee

Carrollville -- Prentiss

Carson Ridge -- Attala

Cauthorn -- Monroe

Cedar Creek -- Lowndes

Cedar Hill -- Yazoo

Center -- Hancock

Center Point -- Attala

Center Point -- Noxubee

Center Point -- Tallahatchie

Center Ridge -- Kemper

Centre -- Pearl River

Chalk Bluff -- Chickasaw

Chapel Hill -- Attala

Chethams -- Yazoo

Chins Springs -- Lowndes

Chita -- Attala

Chocchuma -- Grenada

Choctaw -- Clarke

Chomontakali -- Kemper

Chun Corner -- Carroll

Claiborne -- Jasper

Claibornsville -- Yazoo

Cleary -- Coahoma

Coaler -- Copiah

Coars Springs -- Copiah

Coatraw -- Newton

Colbert -- Marshall

Cold Springs -- Washington

Coleville -- Chickasaw

Columbia Springs -- Marion

Comeby -- Rankin

Conerby -- Walthall

Congress -- Chickasaw

Coon Tail -- Monroe

Coonwood -- Winston

Corrine -- Monroe

Cotton Gin Port -- Monroe

Cow Creek -- Kemper

Cowpen -- Attala

Crahen -- Sunflower

Creek -- Clarke

Crevi -- Tallahatchie

Cross Roads -- Noxubee

Crow -- Noxubee

Cuthi Uckehaca -- Kemper

** Others **

Caarosville

Chritton

Comay

Crossburg

D

Dallas -- Lafayette

Dane -- Rankin

Danville -- Alcorn

Darnall -- Kemper

Davidson -- Clarke

Davisville -- Jasper

Deane -- Jefferson

Denman's Ferry -- Carroll

Deposit -- Winston

Dixie -- Noxubee

Dobson -- Rankin

Donovan -- George

Doolittle -- Newton

Doty Springs -- Attala

Dover -- Yazoo

Dredge -- Walthall

** Others **

Doneansby

Dushaw

E

East Abeika -- Kemper

East Coongetto -- Kemper

East Yazo Skatane -- Kemper

Edgefield -- Attala

Eleanor -- Coahoma

Eli -- Noxubee

Elize -- Chickasaw

Elon -- Noxubee

Epico -- Harrison

Etchehoma -- Jasper

Eubanks -- George

Evergreen -- Newton

** Others **

Eiscutta

Ellzey

Emery

F

Fairport -- Noxubee

Fairview -- Noxubee

Farewells -- Noxubee

Finis Hooks -- Winston

Fink Bine -- Rankin

Fitch -- Coahoma

Floyton -- Monroe

Flynn -- Lowndes

Fordsville -- Marion

Forrest -- Attala

Forrest City -- Washington

Forty -- Rankin

Foxtrap -- Noxubee

Friendship -- Attala

Friendship -- Montgomery

** Others **

None Yet

G

Galen -- Sunflower

Garner -- Lincoln

George -- Rankin

Gerald -- Coahoma

Gin -- Clarke

Gladneyville -- Monroe

Glendale -- Attala

Glendale -- Coahoma

Goose Pond -- Chickasaw

Goose Pond -- Monroe

Goshen -- Jasper

Grantsville -- Noxubee

Grattam -- Lowndes

Green -- Leake

Greenbrier -- Monroe

Greenfield -- Newton

Greensboro -- Webster

Gregory -- Attala

Grubb Springs -- Monroe

Gum Ridge -- Jefferson

** Others **

Gandsby

Gilford

Goodyear

Groves Point

H

Haanka Ullah -- Kemper

Hamlet -- Jasper

Hardscrabble -- Lawrence

Harlan -- Noxubee

Harperville -- Copiah

Harrisburg -- Lee

Harrs Place -- Coahoma

Hartford -- Calhoun

Hartford -- Webster

Hashuqua -- Noxubee

Hatchette -- Kemper

Haw Pond -- Jefferson Davis

Hemingway -- Carroll

Heartease -- Harrison

Herbert -- Kemper

Hervey -- Claiborne

Hickory Flat -- Chickasaw

Hilton -- Yazoo

Holihtasha -- Kemper

Hollands -- Sharkey

Holt -- Jasper

Homochitto -- Issaquena

Hopkinsville -- Tippah

Howell -- Rankin

Huntley -- Jefferson

** Others **

None Yet

I

Ihrie -- Jefferson

Ingomar -- Issaquena

Ingram -- Coahoma

Ingram -- Quitman

Iris -- Coahoma

Isabell -- George

** Others **

Inda

J

Jeff Davis -- Noxubee

Jefferson Post Office -- Carroll

Jewell's Hill -- Jasper

Joe -- Rankin

Joplin -- Attala

** Others **

None Yet

K

Keno -- Marion

Kinnaird -- Copiah

Kirkwood Ferry -- Carroll

** Others **

None Yet

L

Lake Carrier -- Panola

Lake Washington -- Washington

Lameta -- Leake

Langley -- Attala

Lawrence -- Monroe

Leedo -- Jefferson

Lehrton -- Sunflower

Leighton -- Yalobusha

Liberty Hill -- Attala

Lightville -- Marion

Linden -- Copiah

Linden -- Rankin

Linsey -- Washington

Liverpool -- Yazoo

Lobutcha -- Winston

Locopolis -- Tallahatchie

Lynwood -- Rankin

** Others **

Leotto Landing

Longsdale

Lorrine

Lytal

M

Macedonia -- Attala

Malcolm -- Jefferson

Marguerite -- Sunflower

Mascot -- Coahoma

Mayhoff Springs -- Hinds

McAnerney -- Carroll

McCluney -- Monroe

McIntyre -- Lowndes

McNair Mill -- Lincoln

Mercer -- Attala

Middleton -- Montgomery

Middleton -- Webster

Midway -- Tallahatchie

Milro -- Rankin

Mitchner -- Tallahatchie

Mohegan -- Noxubee

Mohoba -- Greene

Moon Lake -- Coahoma

Moseley -- Rankin

Mount Zion -- Lowndes

Mountain -- George

Mountain Creek -- Rankin

Munson -- Attala

Murphreesboro -- Tallahatchie

** Others **

McLures

Milesville

Moville

N

Nanachehaw Post Office -- Warren

Narkeeta -- Kemper

Nashville -- Lowndes

Natchez Under the Hill -- Adams

Neals -- Chickasaw

Needmore -- Tallahatchie

Nelia -- Washington

New Barton -- Benton

New Holmesville -- Pike

New Hope -- Attala

New Mexico -- Washington

New York -- Chickasaw

Newport -- Chickasaw

Newtonville -- Attala

Norrell Post Office -- Hinds

North Center -- Attala

North Fork -- Jefferson

North Union -- Attala

** Others **

New Camp

O

Oak Bowery -- Jasper

Oak Grove -- Chickasaw

Oka Hullo -- Newton

Oka Kapassa -- Newton

Oktibbeha -- Kemper

Old Bassfield -- Jefferson Davis

Old Centreville -- Amite

Old Georgetown -- Copiah

Old Narkeetah -- Kemper

Old Peach Trees -- Coahoma

Old Rinezi -- Alcorn

Old Scooba -- Kemper

Old Wahalak -- Kemper

Ophelia -- Rankin

Orizaba -- Tippah

Overpark -- DeSoto

** Others **

Old Gerrington -- Carroll -- 8 Miles West of Vaiden

Omagrange

Ozone City

P

Paducah -- Washington

Palmyra -- Warren

Parkeville -- Noxubee

Parks Place -- Issaquena

Patrons Union -- Newton

Pattona -- Claiborne

Paula -- Newton

Pearce -- Yazoo

Peden -- Kemper

Perkinsville -- Winston

Perota -- Newton

Phoenix -- Jefferson

Pierces Springs -- Clarke

Pikeville -- Chickasaw

Pilgrim Rest -- Attala

Plantersville -- Noxubee

Pleasant Ridge -- Attala

Plumville -- Holmes

Plymouth -- Lowndes

Pollock -- Sunflower

Popsons -- Coahoma

Port Anderson -- Washington

Prairie Hill -- Lowndes

Prairie Mount -- Chickasaw

Prentiss -- Bolivar

Princeton -- Washington

Promised Land -- Sunflower

Prospect -- Chickasaw

Providence Post Office -- Attala

Providence -- Grenada

Providence -- Oktibbeha

** Others **

Panola

Pharslia

Port Roval

Providence -- Franklin

Q

Quay -- Washington

Quins Station -- Pike

Quiver -- Sunflower

** Others **

None Yet

R

Randolph -- Washington

Rara Avis -- Ittawamba

Rawhide -- Harrison

Rawsonville -- Lauderdale

Red Bud -- Kemper

Red Land -- Pontotoc

Riceville -- Pearl River

Richmond -- Rankin

Ridge -- Chickasaw

Robertsville -- Coahoma

Rockport -- Attala

Rocky Mount -- Kemper

Rodgers -- Monroe

Roscoe -- Newton

Rutherford -- Attala

Rye -- Monroe

** Others **

Reba

Recluse

S

Salem -- Benton

Salem -- Chickasaw

Sand Hill -- Attala

Sardinia -- Yalobusha

Sarpeta -- Claiborne

Scanlon -- Newton

Shady Dell -- Rankin

Shady Grove -- Jasper

Shady Side -- Washington

Shake Rag -- Chickasaw

Shankstown -- Jefferson

Shavers -- Noxubee

Shelby -- Claiborne

Sherwood Forest -- Warren

Shiloh -- Rankin

Shongalo -- Carroll -- Near Vaiden

Shrock -- Attala

Shula Grove -- Lowndes

Shutersville -- Coahoma

Silver Lake -- Washington

Singleton -- Winston

Siwel Post Office -- Hinds

Six Towns -- Newton

Slavonia -- George

Smith's Mill -- Carroll

Spinks -- Kemper

Spring Plains -- Claiborne

Springfield -- Jefferson

Stamper -- Newton

State Levee -- Coahoma

Steele -- Attala

Stephens -- Pike

Stillons -- Coahoma

Stokes -- Coahoma

Story -- Jefferson Davis

Sturdivant -- Tallahatchie

Success -- Jasper

Summerville -- Noxubee

Sunday -- Coahoma

Sycamore -- Chickasaw

Sykes -- Monroe

** Others **

Snowsville

Stongs

T

Tabernacle -- Attala

Tallahoma -- Jasper

Tallaloosa -- Marshall

Tallow -- Newton

Tamburo -- Washington

Taylors -- Noxubee

Temperance Hill -- Monroe

Terrells -- Monroe

Texas -- Kemper

Thompson -- Attala

Thweatt -- Attala

Toomer -- Newton

Turpin Switch -- Carroll

Tuscahoma -- Grenada

** Others **

Tatumville

U

Uniontown -- Jefferson

Unity -- Attala

Urbo -- Newton

** Others **

None Yet

V

Valena -- Attala

Valley Hill Post Office -- Carroll

Vassar -- Monroe

Volcan -- Newton

Vrue -- Jasper

** Others **

None Yet

W

Wade -- Sunflower

Walden -- Monroe

Walkiah -- Pearl River

Waltonia -- Sunflower

Weems -- Jasper

Wesley -- Monroe

West Port -- Lowndes

Westonia -- Hancock

White House -- Clarke

Whiteapple Post Office -- Franklin

Wickward -- Newton

Wildwood -- Coahoma

Willcox -- Monroe

Wilson -- Greene

Wolfe Creek -- Lowndes

** Others **

Walley

West Station

Wilkensburg

Woodruff

Woodson

X

None Yet

Y

Yamacraw -- Pearl River

Z

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.


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