Cayuga, Mississippi

Coordinates: 32°09′34″N 90°41′38″W / 32.15944°N 90.69389°W / 32.15944; -90.69389
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Cayuga, Mississippi
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GNIS feature ID668178[1]

Cayuga is an

unincorporated community in Hinds County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[2]

History

The community is named after Cayuga Lake, in New York.[3] Cayuga was once home to two churches.[4] A post office called Cayuga was established in 1829, and remained in operation until 1906.[5] A variant name was "Cayuga Plantation".[2]

Notable person

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga, Mississippi
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga
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  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. 381.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  6. ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 413.