Wheeling, Mississippi
Ghost town
Wheeling is located in Mississippi
Wheeling
Wheeling
Wheeling is located in the United States
Wheeling
Wheeling
Coordinates: 34°08′27″N 88°22′44″W / 34.14083°N 88.37889°W / 34.14083; -88.37889
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyItawamba
Elevation
246 ft (75 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID706280[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

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeling (historical)
  2. ^ 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.


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