Australia, Mississippi
Former town in Mississippi, United States
34°03′56″N 90°52′40″W / 34.06556°N 90.87778°W / 34.06556; -90.87778[1]
Australia (also Australia Landing) is a former town located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Australia was located on the Mississippi River.[2]
History
Andrew Jackson Donelson, a planter, purchased 1,579 acres (639 ha) of land at Australia in 1857.[3]
Australia had a post office from 1858 to 1908.[4]
The population was 38 in 1900.[2]
The "Cessions Towhead Chute", a cutoff constructed on the Mississippi River, left Australia situated on a narrow channel no longer used for navigation.
Nothing remains of the settlement.
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Australia Landing
- ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 176.
- ^ Cheathem, Mark R. (2012). Ballard, Michael B.; Cheathem, Mark R. (eds.). Slavery, Plantation Life, and Debt in Tennessee and Mississippi: The Example of Andrew Jackson Donelson. University Press of Mississippi. p. 17. ISBN 9781617036392.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- v
- t
- e
Municipalities and communities of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States
County seats: Cleveland and Rosedale
- Cleveland
- Mound Bayou
- Rosedale
- Shaw‡
- Shelby
communities
- Australia
- Concordia
- Eutaw
- Huntington
- Mound Landing
- Prentiss
- Riverton
- Victoria
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
- Mississippi portal
- United States portal
 | This Bolivar County, Mississippi state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
