Wildwood, Coahoma County, Mississippi

Ghost town in Mississippi, United States
34°22′42″N 90°26′53″W / 34.37833°N 90.44806°W / 34.37833; -90.44806CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyCoahomaElevation
174 ft (53 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID689375[1]

Wildwood is a ghost town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.

The settlement was located approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Jonestown. Wildwood was a stop on the Mobile & North Western Railroad, completed in the 1870s.[2] The population in 1900 was 37. In 1905, the post office at Wildwood was discontinued.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wildwood (historical)
  2. ^ Howe, Tony. "Wildwood, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 962.
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