Australia, Mississippi

Australia
Ghost town
Australia
Coordinates: 34°03′56″N 90°52′40″W / 34.06556°N 90.87778°W / 34.06556; -90.87778Coordinates: 34°03′56″N 90°52′40″W / 34.06556°N 90.87778°W / 34.06556; -90.87778
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Bolivar
Elevation 161 ft (49 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 691679[1]

Australia (also Australia Landing) is a ghost town located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Australia was located on the Mississippi River.[2]

Andrew Jackson Donelson, a planter, purchased 1,579 acres (639 ha) of land at Australia in 1857.[3]

Australia had a post office from 1858 to 1908.[4]

The population was 38 in 1900.[2]

The "Cessions Towhead Chute", a cutoff constructed on the Mississippi River, left Australia situated on a narrow channel no longer used for navigation.

Nothing remains of the settlement.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Australia Landing
  2. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 176.
  3. Cheathem, Mark R. (2012). Ballard, Michael B.; Cheathem, Mark R., eds. Slavery, Plantation Life, and Debt in Tennessee and Mississippi: The Example of Andrew Jackson Donelson. Of Times and Race: Essays Inspired by John F. Marszalek. University Press of Mississippi. p. 17.
  4. "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.


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