Leota, Mississippi

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Leota, Mississippi
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Leota
Coordinates: 33°06′16″N91°04′34″W / 33.10444°N 91.07611°W / 33.10444; -91.07611 Coordinates: 33°06′16″N91°04′34″W / 33.10444°N 91.07611°W / 33.10444; -91.07611
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Washington
Elevation
115 ft (35 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID687243 [1]

Leota is a ghost town located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. [1] The settlement, along with its river port Leota Landing, were at one time located directly on the Mississippi River. [2] [3]

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History

Both Leota and Leota Landing were established on the Leota Plantation, founded in 1825 by Isaac Worthington. The plantation was located a few miles north on the Mississippi River from the former county seat of Princeton. [4]

The plantation was named by Worthington's daughter Annie, after a favorite fictional character. [4]

Leota was a leading river port between Memphis, Tennessee and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was a shipping point for cotton. [4]

Leota was incorporated in 1882. [5]

The settlement had a post office, and a population of 50 in 1900. [3]

Little remains of the settlement, which is today covered by forest and a portion of the Mississippi River levee. [4]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leota
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leota Landing
  3. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 90.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Woods, Woody (2010). Delta Plantations - The Beginning. Troy (Woody) Woods. pp. 75, 76, 184. ISBN   9780615383958.
  5. ↑ Laws of the State of Mississippi. Mississippi State Printer. 1882. p. 432.
  6. ↑ Smith, Jr, J. Clay (1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 300. ISBN   0812216857.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Julius E. (2006). Lynchings in Mississippi: A History, 1865-1965. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN   9781476604251.
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