Wheeling, Mississippi
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GNIS feature ID | 706280[1] |
Wheeling is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
Established in the early 19th century following the sale of the Chickasaw lands, Wheeling was a port on the Tombigbee River, located "a few miles below" the village of Van Buren. Wheeling had a hotel and merchants, though "its life was very short", and Van Buren absorbed its businesses.[2]
The former settlement is today covered by forest, located on the east bank of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeling (historical)
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. pp. 959, 960.