Kewanee, Mississippi
Kewanee is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. Kewanee is located along U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 80 16 miles (26 km) east-northeast of Meridian. The community is located on the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad and in 1900 had a population of 50 people.
The community's name may be a transfer from Kewanee, Illinois.
The Simmons & Wright Company, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Kewanee.
Notes
- ^ "Kewanee, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Lauderdale County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1001.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
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