词条 | Palo Alto, Mississippi |
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| name = Town of Palo Alto | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | location= Clay County, Mississippi northwest of West Point | coordinates = {{coord|33|40|50|N|88|48|0|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Mississippi#USA | built = 1846 | architect = | architecture = | added = August 20, 1987 | area = {{convert|196.4|acre}} | governing_body = Private | refnum = 87000473[1] }}Palo Alto (also Savannah) is a ghost town in Clay County, Mississippi.[2] Established c. 1846,[1] it is located at {{coord|33|40|50|N|88|48|0|W|type:city}} (33.6806738, -88.8000525) at an elevation of 279 feet (85 m).[2] In 1876, Palo Alto was the site of an incident in which a group of heavily armed white men brought a piece of field artillery and broke up a meeting of the Republican Club in order to suppress black voters.[3] In 1987, the townsite was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name of "Town of Palo Alto." Nearly {{convert|200|acre}} were listed on the Register as part of the community.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{NRISref|2009a}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}{{Clay County, Mississippi}}{{Mississippi-NRHP-stub}}2. ^1 {{gnis|684787}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Full text of "Mississippi: Testimony as to denial of elective franchise in Mississippi at the elections of 1875 and 1876, taken under the resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1876"|url=https://archive.org/stream/mississippitesti00unit/mississippitesti00unit_djvu.txt|accessdate=17 December 2017|date=5 December 1876}} 8 : Former populated places in Clay County, Mississippi|Ghost towns in Mississippi|National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi|Populated places established in 1846|1846 establishments in Mississippi|Buildings and structures in Clay County, Mississippi|National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Mississippi|Populated places on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi |
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