Eutaw, Mississippi

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Eutaw, Mississippi
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Eutaw, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°39′31″N91°09′02″W / 33.65861°N 91.15056°W / 33.65861; -91.15056 Coordinates: 33°39′31″N91°09′02″W / 33.65861°N 91.15056°W / 33.65861; -91.15056
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Bolivar
Elevation
131 ft (40 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID669829 [1]

Eutaw is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. [1] The settlement had a port on the Mississippi River called "Eutaw Landing." [2]

The community was located on the Eutaw Plantation, and included a post office, store, church, and cemetery. [1] [3] A post office operated under the name Eutaw from 1890 to 1952. [4]

The former community is covered by farmfield and a portion of the Mississippi Levee; the only remnant is the Eutaw Cemetery. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eutaw". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eutaw Landing
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 692.
  4. ↑ "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eutaw Cemetery


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