Wildwood, Coahoma County, Mississippi
For Wildwood in Leflore County, see Wildwood, Mississippi.
| Wildwood, Mississippi | |
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| Ghost town | |
  Wildwood | |
| Coordinates: 34°22′42″N 90°26′53″W / 34.37833°N 90.44806°WCoordinates: 34°22′42″N 90°26′53″W / 34.37833°N 90.44806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Coahoma |
| Elevation | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 689375[1] |
Wildwood is a ghost town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.
The settlement was located approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Jonestown.
Wildwood was a stop on the Mobile & North Western Railroad, completed in the 1870s.[2]
The population in 1900 was 37. In 1905, the postoffice at Wildwood was discontinued.[3]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wildwood (historical)
- ↑ Howe, Tony. "Wildwood, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved December 2014. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 962.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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