Ben_Lomond,_Mississippi

Ben Lomond, Mississippi

Ben Lomond, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Ben Lomond is a ghost town in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

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The community originated as a Mississippi River port on the Ben Lomond Plantation, owned by George M. Brown. A gin-house was located near the town.[2]

Ben Lomond had a landing for steamboats and a post office. It was located across the river from Lake Providence, Louisiana.[3]

Ben Lomond had a population of 26 in 1900.[4]

A post office operated under the name Ben Lomond from 1879 to 1913.[5]

The former community is today submerged in the Mississippi River.

References

  1. [1]
    "Ben Lomond Landing, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Reports of the Mississippi River Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1885. p. 141.
  3. [3]
    Goodwin, James Wells; Desty, Robert; Boyle, Peyton (1891). The Federal Reporter. Vol. 45. West Publishing. p. 371.
  4. [4]
    Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 230.
  5. [5]
    "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.



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