Michigan City, Mississippi

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Michigan City, Mississippi
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Michigan City, Mississippi
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Michigan City, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°58′49″N89°15′00″W / 34.98028°N 89.25000°W / 34.98028; -89.25000
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Benton
Elevation
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404 ft (123 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38647
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID693948 [1]

Michigan City, formerly known as Davis Mills, is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

Contents

History

The majority of the first settlers being natives of the state of Michigan caused the name to be selected. [2] Michigan City was formerly home to a flour mill and lumber mill. [3]

A post office operated under the name Davis Mills from 1871 to 1875 and first began operation under the name Michigan City in 1875. [4]

Davis' Mills Battle Site, a Civil War battlefield listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Michigan City. [5]

Geography

[ It is located along Mississippi Highway 7 in north central Benton County, just south of the Tennessee state line, approximately three miles north of U. S. Route 72.

Mississippi Highway 702 is called Main Street in Michigan City.

The nearly abandoned Mississippi Central Railroad, which is used only rarely for freight traffic, runs through Michigan City. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Michigan City, Mississippi
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 54. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 232.
  4. "Benton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  5. "Davis' Mills Battle Site" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior. October 2, 1973.
  6. Howe, Tony. "Michigan City, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 4, 2020.