Cayuga, Mississippi
Cayuga, Mississippi | |
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GNIS feature ID | 668178[1] |
Cayuga is an
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
- Talbert A. Luster, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1920.[6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga, Mississippi
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga
- ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 413.