Success, Mississippi

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Success, Mississippi
Country United States
State Mississippi
CountyJasper
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID705253[1]

Success is a ghost town in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Success had a post office in the early 1900s.[2]

The Success Cemetery is extant and located at the Decedar Baptist Church, northwest of the settlement.[3]

The former settlement is now located within the Bienville National Forest.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Success (historical)
  2. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 747.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Decedar Baptist Church Cemetery