Shiloh, Mississippi

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Shiloh, Mississippi
Shiloh is located in Mississippi
Shiloh
Shiloh
Coordinates: 32°40′18″N 91°05′26″W / 32.67167°N 91.09056°W / 32.67167; -91.09056Coordinates: 32°40′18″N 91°05′26″W / 32.67167°N 91.09056°W / 32.67167; -91.09056
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyIssaquena
Elevation
102 ft (31 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID711155[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.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Shiloh Landing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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.


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