Homochitto, Issaquena County, Mississippi

Homochitto, Mississippi
Ghost town
Homochitto
Homochitto
Coordinates: 32°52′03″N 91°03′36″W / 32.86750°N 91.06000°W / 32.86750; -91.06000Coordinates: 32°52′03″N 91°03′36″W / 32.86750°N 91.06000°W / 32.86750; -91.06000
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Issaquena
Elevation 98 ft (30 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 687598[1]

Homochitto is a ghost town in Issaquena County, Mississippi.[1]

Homochitto was a plantation located directly on the Mississippi River.[2]

Homochitto Plantation was owned by Stephen Duncan.[3] In 1865, following the abolition of slavery, a number of freedman were listed at the Homochitto Plantation.[4]

Nothing remains of the former settlement.

References

  1. 1 2 "Homochitto (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Searles, Jas M.; Stratton, David (1873). "Map of the County of Issaquena, Mississippi". Hugh Lewis.
  3. ↑ "Biography: Dr. Stephen Duncan". Issaquena Genealogy and History Project. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ "1865 Freedmen Contracts for Issaquena County". Issaquena Genealogy and History Project. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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