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Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River is a historically significant map produced in 1858 of landmarks, roads, ferry crossings, and plantations along the course of the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans. [1] [2] Cotton and sugar plantations are color-coded with distinct colors. [1]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Area codes of Mississippi. The state of Mississippi is served by the following area codes: Area code 228 serves the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. Area codes 601 and 769 serve most of southern Mississippi including Jackson. Area code 662 currently serves northern Mississippi, with 471 having been assigned for future distribution [1]
Homochitto was an 800-acre (320 ha) plantation located directly on the Mississippi River [2] in Issaquena County (initially the lower portion of Washington County), Mississippi, United States. [1] According to one source, Homochitto is a Choctaw name likely meaning "big red", [ 3 ] and was earlier applied to the Homochitto River in Mississippi.
Bayou Teche was the Mississippi River's main course when it developed a delta about 2,800 to 4,500 years ago. Through a natural process known as deltaic switching , the river's deposits of silt and sediment cause the Mississippi to change its course every thousand years or so.
The plantation bordered Ashland Plantation and the Mississippi River. [1] It was near the Ashland community, and Ashland's port was sometimes used by Cypress Grove Plantation. [2] The plantation was also located on the Mississippi River ten miles below Rodney, [1] a small town on the Mississippi River in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
Beulah is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 242. [3] Beulah is served by Mississippi Highway 1. Lake Beulah, an oxbow lake formerly connected to the Mississippi River, is west of the town. The Illinois Central Railroad had a station in Beulah, but the line is now abandoned.
Church Hill is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. [2] It is located eight miles east of the Mississippi River and approximately 18 miles north of Natchez at the intersection of highway 553 and Church Hill Road. [3]