Arcadia, Mississippi

Arcadia, Mississippi
Ghost town
Arcadia is located in Mississippi
Arcadia
Arcadia
Arcadia is located in the United States
Arcadia
Arcadia
Coordinates: 32°38′55″N 91°07′32″W / 32.64861°N 91.12556°W / 32.64861; -91.12556
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyIssaquena
Elevation
82 ft (25 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID687578[1]

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

Arcadia was a postal town located on the Mississippi River. It had a population of 45 in 1900.[2]

A post office operated under the name Arcadia from 1882 to 1919.[3]

The former community is today called "Arcadia Point", and is located on the east side of an uninhabited island within the Mississippi River.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Arcadia, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 118.
  3. ^ "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Arcadia Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.