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Ben Lomond, Mississippi

Coordinates: 32°48′10″N 91°08′18″W / 32.80278°N 91.13833°W / 32.80278; -91.13833
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Ben Lomond, Mississippi
Ben Lomond is located in Mississippi
Ben Lomond
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Lomond
Ben Lomond is located in the United States
Ben Lomond
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Coordinates: 32°48′10″N 91°08′18″W / 32.80278°N 91.13833°W / 32.80278; -91.13833
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyIssaquena
Elevation
98 ft (30 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID711145[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]

Ben Lomond had a population of 26 in 1900.[4]

The former community is today submerged in the Mississippi River.

References

  1. ^ a b "Ben Lomond Landing, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Reports of the Mississippi River Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1885. p. 141.
  3. ^ Goodwin, James Wells; Desty, Robert; Boyle, Peyton (1891). The Federal Reporter. Vol. 45. West Publishing. p. 371.
  4. ^ 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.