Swiftwater, Mississippi
| Swiftwater, Mississippi | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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Cotton fields at Swiftwater, c. 1885-1898. Photo by William Henry Jackson. | |
  Swiftwater | |
| Coordinates: 33°20′15″N 91°3′35″W / 33.33750°N 91.05972°WCoordinates: 33°20′15″N 91°3′35″W / 33.33750°N 91.05972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Washington |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 38701 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 692252[1] |
Swiftwater is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi.[1]
History
Swiftwater began as Swiftwater Cotton Plantation, founded by Alexander Barckly Montgomery, who built a mansion there in either 1850[2] or 1845.[3] Montgomery sold the plantation to Col. Ed Richardson, the world's largest cotton plantation owner in the 1870s and 1880s, and owner of plantations across the south.[3]
Swiftwater was a stop on the now-abandoned Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad,[4] completed in the 1880s.[5]
Located on the rail platform was the Swiftwater Store, owned by the E.E. Richardson Company. The store was still in operation in 1910.[3][5]
Swiftwater was never incorporated, but had a post office from 1886 to 1932.[5]
Notable people
Pete Shields, a professional baseball player with the Cleveland Indians, was born in Swiftwater.[6]
References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swiftwater, Mississippi
- ↑ Miller, Mary Carol (1996). Lost Mansions of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-87805-888-4.
- 1 2 3 Hall, Russell S.; Nowell, Princella W.; Childress, Stacy (2000). Washington County, Mississippi. Arcadia. pp. 29, 37.
- ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 761.
- 1 2 3 Howe, Tony. "Swiftwater, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved March 2014.
- ↑ "Pete Shields". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 2014.
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