Kienstra, Mississippi
Kienstra (also Kienstra Store) is a ghost town located in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. South of the town was Kienstra Landing, located on the Mississippi River.
The community was situated on a barren peninsula called "Jackson Point", at a bend in the river called "Palmetto Bend", named for the palmetto plant which grew abundantly in the hardwood swamps across the river in Louisiana.
Kienstra had a post office from 1871 to 1957. The Morrisana Plantation was located at Kienstra. North of the town, midway to Arnot, was the Kienstra School. The "Kienstra Store Light" was a navigation beacon on the river, located near the landing as early as 1879.
In 1900, Kienstra had a population of 35.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra Landing
- ^ Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morrisana Plantation (historical)
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra School (historical)
- ^ Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1882. p. 80.
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