Swiftown, Mississippi

Swiftown, Mississippi
Swiftown, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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	Coordinates: 33°18′20″N 90°25′30″W / 33.30556°N 90.42500°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Leflore
Elevation	118 ft (38 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38959
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	678502

Swiftown (also known as Ezra^[2]), is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. Swiftown is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Morgan City, 10 miles (16 km) north of Belzoni and 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Moorhead along Mississippi Highway 7.^[3] It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. Swiftown's ZIP code is 38959.^[4]

Swiftown is located on the former Columbus and Greenville Railroad. A post office operated under the name Ezra from 1886 to 1911 and began operating under the name Swiftown in 1911.^[2]

Notable person

William Cousins (1927-2018), Illinois Appellate Court judge and Chicago City Council member, was born in Swiftown.^[5]

Gallery

View of the community from Mississippi Highway 7
Community Center in Swiftown.
Swiftown United Baptist Church
Post Office that once operated in the community (closed in 2011)

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swiftown, Mississippi
^ ^a ^b Howe, Tony. "Swiftown, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
^ Mississippi Department of Transportation-Leflore County
^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ 'Judge William Cousins dies; was prosecutor, independent alderman,' Chicago Sun-Times, January 22, 2018

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swiftown, Mississippi

[Rails-2] Howe, Tony. "Swiftown, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

[3] Mississippi Department of Transportation-Leflore County

[4] United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[5] 'Judge William Cousins dies; was prosecutor, independent alderman,' Chicago Sun-Times, January 22, 2018

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Greenwood
Cities	Greenwood Itta Bena	Map of Mississippi highlighting Leflore County
Towns	Morgan City Schlater Sidon
CDP	Mississippi Valley State University
Unincorporated communities	Berclair Browning Highlandale McNutt Minter City‡ Money Quito Rising Sun Ruby Shellmound Sunnyside Swiftown Wildwood
Ghost town	Colony Town
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Swiftown, Mississippi
Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 33°18′20″N 90°25′30″W / 33.30556°N 90.42500°W / 33.30556; -90.42500
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Leflore
Elevation	118 ft (38 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38959
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	678502^[1]