Duncansby, Mississippi

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Duncansby, Mississippi
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Duncansby
Coordinates: 32°57′51″N91°04′47″W / 32.96417°N 91.07972°W / 32.96417; -91.07972 Coordinates: 32°57′51″N91°04′47″W / 32.96417°N 91.07972°W / 32.96417; -91.07972
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Issaquena
Elevation
102 ft (31 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID687591 [1]

Duncansby is a ghost town in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

Duncansby was located on a stretch of the Mississippi River known as Duncansby Chute. [2]

History

In 1844, nearby Skipwith became the first county seat. In 1848, the county seat was moved to Duncansby. Later that year, the county seat was moved to Tallula. [3]

During the 19th century, the town erected dikes to reduce river flooding. [2]

In 1900, Duncansby had two churches, and a population of 157. [4] A post office operated from 1874 to 1919. [5]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the Sarah Cutoff in 1935, which created Old River Chute, an oxbow lake, and removed Duncansby from the contiguous Mississippi River. [6]

Nothing remains of the former community.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Duncansby Landing, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 Annual Report of the Mississippi River Commission. Mississippi River Commission. 1884. p. 423.
  3. ↑ Hellmann, Paul T. (2006). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 599. ISBN   1135948593.
  4. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 666.
  5. ↑ "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-24.
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