Ben Lomond, Mississippi (original) (raw)
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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Ghost town in Mississippi, United States
| Ben Lomond, Mississippi | |
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| 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 / 32.80278°N 91.13833°W / 32.80278; -91.13833 | |
| 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.
- ^ a b "Ben Lomond Landing, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Reports of the Mississippi River Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1885. p. 141.
- ^ Goodwin, James Wells; Desty, Robert; Boyle, Peyton (1891). The Federal Reporter. Vol. 45. West Publishing. p. 371.
- ^ "Issaquena County by W. E. Collins". The Weekly Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. 1887-10-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.