Wildwood, Coahoma County, Mississippi

Wildwood, Mississippi
Ghost town
Wildwood
Coordinates: 34°22′42″N 90°26′53″W / 34.37833°N 90.44806°W / 34.37833; -90.44806Coordinates: 34°22′42″N 90°26′53″W / 34.37833°N 90.44806°W / 34.37833; -90.44806
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Coahoma
Elevation 174 ft (53 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 689375[1]

Wildwood is a ghost town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.

The settlement was located approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Jonestown.

Wildwood was a stop on the Mobile & North Western Railroad, completed in the 1870s.[2]

The population in 1900 was 37. In 1905, the postoffice at Wildwood was discontinued.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wildwood (historical)
  2. Howe, Tony. "Wildwood, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved December 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 962.


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