Arcadia, Mississippi

Arcadia, Mississippi
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 32°38′55″N 91°07′32″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Issaquena
Elevation	82 ft (25 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	687578[1]

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

Arcadia was a postal town located on the Mississippi River. It had a population of 45 in 1900.[2]

A post office operated under the name Arcadia from 1882 to 1919.[3]

The former community is today called "Arcadia Point", and is located on the east side of an uninhabited island within the Mississippi River.[4]

References

1. "Arcadia, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 118.
3. "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
4. "Arcadia Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.