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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