Ghost Towns in Mississippi

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83 ghost towns

8% sit on public land · 7 with a free-licensed photo

421751
  • National Park Service 4
  • State 2
  • Military, DOE 1
  • Private or unlisted 75
  • Unknown 1
Illustration of a south landscape
Illustration of the most common landscape type among Mississippi's ghost towns.

The largest share, 75 of 83, sits on land missing from the public lands database, which usually means private property: look from the road unless the owner says otherwise. Each town page has the land manager, monthly weather and the nearest open town.

RodneyBankstonBinnsvilleBrewtonCommerceDogtownPinkArcadiaArnotArtonishBaleshedBeatties BluffBen LomondBoneyard
  • National Park Service 4
  • State 2
  • Military, DOE 1
  • Private or unlisted 75
  • Unknown 1

Each dot is a ghost town, colored by who manages the land at its location. Labels mark the most searched. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

Most searched in Mississippi

All 83 by county

Adams County 3

Alcorn County 2

Amite County 1

Attala County 3

Bolivar County 7

Calhoun County 2

Choctaw County 2

Claiborne County 3

Clarke County 1

Clay County 1

Coahoma County 3

Copiah County 1

Forrest County 1

Hancock County 3

Holmes County 1

Issaquena County 4

Itawamba County 3

Jackson County 1

Jasper County 1

Jefferson County 4

Jefferson Davis County 1

Kemper County 1

Lafayette County 3

Lee County 1

Leflore County 1

Lincoln County 1

Madison County 1

Monroe County 2

Newton County 1

Oktibbeha County 1

Panola County 1

Pike County 1

Rankin County 1

Simpson County 1

Sunflower County 1

Tallahatchie County 1

Tishomingo County 1

Tunica County 4

Washington County 3

Wayne County 1

Wilkinson County 4

Yazoo County 2

County not recorded 2

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