| 词条 | Huntington, Mississippi |
| 释义 |
|name = Huntington |official_name = |settlement_type = Ghost town |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map=Mississippi |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Mississippi |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Bolivar |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |coordinates = {{coord|33|33|52|N|91|10|17|W|region:US-MS|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} Huntington is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi River, Huntington was an important shipping location. HistoryThe settlement was first called "Wilkerson" and "Wilkerson's Landing".[1][2] Oscar L. Shelby was an early settler who moved to the area in the 1870s. Shelby was a merchant and landowner, and much of the town was built on his estate. Shelby later became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.[1] {{CSS image crop|Image = Lloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico (map no. 3).jpg |bSize = 1220 |cWidth = 220 |cHeight = 220 |oTop = 2950 |oLeft = 90 |Location = left |Description = An 1862 map shows the location of Wilkerson (later called Huntington) }} Wilkerson had a small store and some cottage homes.[1] In 1885, the "Arkansas City Branch" of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was completed to Wilkerson. The name of the settlement was changed to "Huntington" to honor railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, who founded the Columbus and Greenville Railway.[3][4][5] The railway was built to this location because Huntington was directly across the Mississippi River from Arkansas City, Arkansas, which was the terminus of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (StLIM&S). A ferry owned by the StLIM&S would carry goods and railroad cars across the river.[5][6] From 1885 to 1903, Huntington had a post Office.[7] Huntington was incorporated on March 6, 1886.[8] That same year, a large sawmill was established which supplied timber for local trade and to construct most of the buildings in Huntington.[1] It was described that at Huntington, "bunco men, crap shooters, all kinds of gamblers...gathered from all parts of the country—Greenville, Vicksburg, Leland, etc.", and that "on levee workers' paydays...a crowd of 200 men and women quickly gathered for gambling and drinking", after which "fights commenced".[5]{{rp|108}} Huntington was flooded in 1890, 1897, and 1903.[4] Although Huntington no longer exists, several nearby geographic features retain its name. A large body of land (on which the settlement was located) is now called "Huntington Point";[9] a sand bar in the Mississippi River is called "Huntington Bar";[10] a levee on the north shore of Huntington Point is called "Huntington Point Revetment";[11] and the location of the former settlement is accessible from "North Huntington Point Road". References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | title = Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi | publisher = Goodspeed | year = 1891 | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=i-REAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false| volume = 2 | pages = 754, 1073}} {{Bolivar County, Mississippi}}2. ^{{cite book | title = Annual Report of the Secretary of War | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | year = 1883 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CYAdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1953#v=onepage&q&f=false| volume = 2 | pages = 2186}} 3. ^{{cite book | title = The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition | publisher = National Railway Publication Company | year = 1892 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=278sAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR47#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 639}} 4. ^1 {{cite book | last1 = Hall | first1 = Russell S. | last2 = Nowell | first2 = Princella W. | last3 = Childress | first3 = Stacy | title = Washington County, Mississippi | publisher = Arcadia | year = 2000 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZexgXtk0dWwC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 8, 28, 83}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite book | last = Willis | first = John C. | title = Forgotten Time: The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta After the Civil War | publisher = University of Virginia Press | year = 2000 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=s1hfSMdOLrkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 108, 213}} 6. ^{{cite book | last = Thomson | first = J.C. | title = The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and England | publisher = Edward Thompson Company | year = 1890 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vtkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 282}} 7. ^{{cite web | title = Post Offices - Mississippi | publisher = Jim Forte | url = http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ms&county=&searchtext=&pagenum=83 | accessdate = October 8, 2016}} 8. ^{{cite book | title = Laws of the State of Mississippi | publisher = R.H. Henry, State Printer | year = 1886 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NwJGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 566}} 9. ^{{gnis|671594|Huntington Point}} 10. ^{{gnis|687983|Huntington Bar}} 11. ^{{gnis|687984|Huntington Point Revetment}} 3 : Former populated places in Bolivar County, Mississippi|Mississippi populated places on the Mississippi River|Former populated places in Mississippi |
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