Cayuga, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Cayuga is located in Mississippi
Cayuga
Cayuga
Cayuga is located in the United States
Cayuga
Cayuga
Coordinates: 32°09′34″N 90°41′38″W / 32.15944°N 90.69389°W / 32.15944; -90.69389
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHinds
Elevation
269 ft (82 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code601
GNIS feature ID668178[1]

Cayuga is an unincorporated community in Hinds County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[2]

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]

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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga, Mississippi
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga
  3. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  6. ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 413.


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