Boneyard, Mississippi
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| GNIS feature ID | 706834[1] |
Boneyard is a ghost town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It was located 8.9 mi (14.3 km) miles west of Corinth.
History
Boneyard was established by William Powell in the 1830s along a stage coach route running between Jacinto, Mississippi and La Grange, Tennessee.[2][3] The settlement was humorously called "Boneyard" because Powell was a very lean man.[2][3] Boneyard had a cabinetmaker's shop, a blacksmith, three mercantile establishments, a cabinetmaker’s shop, a Masonic lodge (No. 179), a tan yard, a saddler's shop, the Boneyard School, and a carding machine where wool was carded for people living within a 15 mi (24 km) radius.[2][3][4] The population reached about 100.[2][3]
Boneyard was destroyed by the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was never rebuilt.[2]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boneyard (historical)
- ^ a b c d e Riley, Franklin Lafayette (1902). "Extinct Towns and Villages of Mississippi". In Riley, Franklin Lafayette (ed.). Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Vol. 5. Mississippi Historical Society. pp. 315–316.
- ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 264.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boneyard School (historical)
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