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'''Eutaw''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Bolivar County, Mississippi]], United States.<ref name=GNIS1/> The settlement had a port on the [[Mississippi River]] called "Eutaw Landing."<ref name=GNIS2>{{gnis|691849|Eutaw Landing}}</ref>


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The community was located on the Eutaw Plantation, and included a post office, store, church, and cemetery.<ref name=GNIS1/><ref name="Rowland">{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/548960-redirection | volume = 1 | page = 692}}</ref> A post office operated under the name Eutaw from 1890 to 1952.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MS&county=Bolivar&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Bolivar County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref>
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'''Eutaw''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Bolivar County, Mississippi|Bolivar County]], [[Mississippi]], United States.<ref name=GNIS1/> The settlement had a port on the [[Mississippi River]] called "Eutaw Landing."<ref name=GNIS2>{{gnis|691849|Eutaw Landing}}</ref>
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The community was located on the Eutaw Plantation, and included a post office, store, church, and cemetery.<ref name=GNIS1/><ref name="Rowland">{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/548960-redirection | volume = 1 | page = 692}}</ref>


The former community is covered by farmfield and a portion of the Mississippi Levee; the only remnant is the Eutaw Cemetery.<ref name=GNIS3>{{gnis|669830|Eutaw Cemetery}}</ref>
The former community is covered by farmfield and a portion of the Mississippi Levee; the only remnant is the Eutaw Cemetery.<ref name=GNIS3>{{gnis|669830|Eutaw Cemetery}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 14 July 2024

Eutaw, Mississippi
Ghost town
Eutaw, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Eutaw, Mississippi
Eutaw, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°39′31″N 91°09′02″W / 33.65861°N 91.15056°W / 33.65861; -91.15056
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyBolivar
Elevation
131 ft (40 m)
Time zoneUTC-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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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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