Success, Mississippi

Success, Mississippi
Ghost town
Success
Success
Coordinates: 32°12′10″N 89°17′00″W / 32.20278°N 89.28333°W / 32.20278; -89.28333Coordinates: 32°12′10″N 89°17′00″W / 32.20278°N 89.28333°W / 32.20278; -89.28333
Country  United States
State  Mississippi
County Jasper
Elevation 120 m (390 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 705253[1]

Success is a ghost town in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Success had a post office in the early 1900s.[2]

The Success Cemetery is extant and located at the Decedar Baptist Church, northwest of the settlement.[3]

The former settlement is now located within the Bienville National Forest.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Success (historical)
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 747.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Decedar Baptist Church Cemetery


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