Dahomy, Mississippi

Dahomy, Mississippi
Dahomy, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
	Dahomy, Mississippi Dahomy, Mississippi
	Coordinates: 33°40′28″N 90°59′06″W / 33.67444°N 90.98500°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Bolivar
Elevation	141 ft (43 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	711172

Dahomy is an unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.^[1]

History

The Dahomey Plantation was founded in 1833 by F.G. Ellis, who named it after Dahomey, the homeland of his slaves.^[2] The plantation became the largest cotton plantation in the world.^[3]

The settlement of Dahomy was likely established when the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was completed through the plantation in the 1880s.^[4]

A post office was established prior to 1907 and closed in 1937.^[3]^[5]

In 1991, 9,691 acres (3,922 ha) of the original Dahomey Plantation was used to established the Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge, located 2.5 mi (4.0 km) east of the settlement of Dahomy.^[2]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dahomy
^ ^a ^b "Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Habitat Management Plan". U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region. 2013.
^ ^a ^b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 603.
^ Howe, Tony. "Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dahomy Post Office (historical)
^ "About the Refuge". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

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[GNIS1-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dahomy

[DNWHMP-2] "Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Habitat Management Plan". U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region. 2013.

[Rowland-3] Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 603.

[4] Howe, Tony. "Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

[GNIS2-5] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dahomy Post Office (historical)

[6] "About the Refuge". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States
County seats: Cleveland and Rosedale
Cities	Cleveland Mound Bayou Rosedale Shaw‡ Shelby	Map of Mississippi highlighting Bolivar County
Towns	Alligator Benoit Beulah Boyle Duncan Gunnison Merigold Pace Renova Winstonville
CDPs	Bolivar Scott Skene Symonds
Other communities	Choctaw Christmas Dahomy Deeson Hushpuckena Lamont Litton Malvina O'Reilly Perthshire Round Lake Stringtown Waxhaw
Ghost towns	Australia Concordia Eutaw Huntington Mound Landing Prentiss Riverton Victoria
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Dahomy, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°40′28″N 90°59′06″W / 33.67444°N 90.98500°W / 33.67444; -90.98500
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Bolivar
Elevation	141 ft (43 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	711172^[1]