Shiloh, Mississippi

Shiloh, Mississippi
Ghost town
Part of Issaquena County along the Mississippi River mapped sometime between 1866 and 1874; Col. Christmas' Shiloh Egypt plantation had cabins that had formerly been used as slave quarters, a main residence, and a cotton gin
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Coordinates: 32°40′18″N 91°05′26″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Issaquena
Elevation	102 ft (31 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	711155[1]

Shiloh is a ghost town located in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. Shiloh Landing was its port on the Mississippi River.[1]

Shiloh began as a plantation owned by Richard Christmas, who in 1860 held 160 enslaved laborers there.[2][3] A post office operated under the name Shiloh Landing from 1892 to 1901 and under the name Shiloh from 1901 to 1932.[4]

In 1900, Shiloh had a post office and a population of 78.[5]

Nothing remains of Shiloh, which today is uninhabited and covered by forest to river's edge.

See also

• Eliza Winston – American slave (1830–?)

References

1. "Shiloh Landing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Annual Report of the Director, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to the Secretary of Commerce. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1889. p. 451.
3. "The Richard Christmas Family". Issaquena Genealogy and History Project. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
4. "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
5. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 660.

External links

• "The Richard Christmas family".