Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Goshen Springs, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Goshen Springs, Mississippi Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 32°29′13″N89°55′15″W / 32.48694°N 89.92083°W / 32.48694; -89.92083
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Rankin
Elevation	420 ft (130 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39047
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	691897 [1]

Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. ^[1]

History

The settlement was founded around 1833. ^[2]

Goshen Springs had a post office. ^[3] The historic building has since been moved to a museum in Brandon. ^[4]

Near Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a prehistoric archeological settlement listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[5]

Goshen Springs lies along a now-abandoned portion of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Rebel passenger train once passed through Goshen Springs each day. ^{[6] [7]}

In 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, 31-year-old John Lee of Goshen Springs was found beaten to death on a county road. He had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved. ^[8]

Notable people

• Eugene Hoy Barksdale was a World War I pilot, and then test pilot for the US Air Force in the 1920s. He was killed on duty while bailing out of a test plane. Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is named in his honor. ^[9]

References

1. "Goshen Springs". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Goshen Springs". Rankin County Historical Society. October 26, 2011.
3. "Goshen Springs Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. Wilkerson, Lyn (2010). Slow Travels-Mississippi. Lyn Wilkerson. ISBN   9781452332291.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
6. "Stations and Structured on Current and Former Railroad Lines in Mississippi". ICRR.net. January 14, 2013.
7. "The Rebel". American Rails. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
8. "Partial List of Racial Murders in the South in the Last 2 Years" (PDF). CORE Southern Regional Office. April 1965.
9. "Barksdale Information". Barksdale Air Force Base. October 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.