Ben Lomond, Mississippi

Ben Lomond, Mississippi
Ghost town
Ben Lomond and Stephen Duncan plantations in Issaquena County, Mississippi, mapped between 1866 and 1874, probably before 1871
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Coordinates: 32°48′10″N 91°08′18″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Issaquena
Elevation	98 ft (30 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	711145[1]

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

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] There was a store at Ben Lomond in 1887.[4] Ben Lomond had a population of 26 in 1900.[5] A post office operated under the name Ben Lomond from 1879 to 1913.[6]

The former community is today submerged in the Mississippi River.

References

1. "Ben Lomond Landing, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Reports of the Mississippi River Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1885. p. 141.
3. Goodwin, James Wells; Desty, Robert; Boyle, Peyton (1891). The Federal Reporter. Vol. 45. West Publishing. p. 371.
4. "Issaquena County by W. E. Collins". The Weekly Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. 1887-10-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
5. 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.
6. "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.