Boneyard, Mississippi

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Boneyard, Mississippi
Ghost town
Boneyard, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Boneyard, Mississippi
Boneyard, Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°54′08″N 88°40′18″W / 34.90222°N 88.67167°W / 34.90222; -88.67167Coordinates: 34°54′08″N 88°40′18″W / 34.90222°N 88.67167°W / 34.90222; -88.67167
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyAlcorn
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID706834[1]

Boneyard is a ghost town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It was located 8.9 mi (14.3 km) miles west of Corinth.

History[]

Boneyard was established by William Powell in the 1830s along a stage coach route running between Jacinto, Mississippi and La Grange, Tennessee.[2][3] The settlement was humorously called "Boneyard" because Powell was a very lean man.[2][3] Boneyard had a cabinetmaker's shop, a blacksmith, three mercantile establishments, a cabinetmaker’s shop, a Masonic lodge (No. 179), a tan yard, a saddler's shop, the Boneyard School, and a carding machine where wool was carded for people living within a 15 mi (24 km) radius.[2][3][4] The population reached about 100.[2][3]

Boneyard was destroyed by the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was never rebuilt.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boneyard (historical)
  2. ^ a b c d e Riley, Franklin Lafayette (1902). Riley, Franklin Lafayette (ed.). Extinct Towns and Villages of Mississippi. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Vol. 5. Mississippi Historical Society. pp. 315–316.
  3. ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 264.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boneyard School (historical)
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