Claibornesville, Mississippi
Claibornesville, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Claibornesville, Mississippi
Claibornesville, Mississippi
Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 32°36′05″N 90°32′10″W / 32.60139°N 90.53611°W / 32.60139; -90.53611
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyYazoo
Elevation
312 ft (95 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID686661[1]

Claibornesville is a ghost town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.

Claibornesville had a post office as early as 1846.[2]

A comical short-story set in Claibornesville, entitled Mike Hooter's Fight With The Panther: A Yazoo Sketch, was published in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1854.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claibornesville (historical)
  2. Table of Post Offices in the United States on the First Day of October, 1846. United States Post Office Department. 1846. p. 41.
  3. "Mike Hooter's Fight With The Panther: A Yazoo Sketch". The Sydney Morning Herald. November 14, 1854.



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