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Ghost town in Mississippi, United States
Kienstra
Ghost town
Kienstra is located in MississippiKienstraKienstra
Coordinates: 31°13′34″N 91°36′21″W / 31.22611°N 91.60583°W / 31.22611; -91.60583
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyAdams
Elevation56 ft (17 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691978

Kienstra (also Kienstra Store) is a ghost town located in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. South of the town was Kienstra Landing, located on the Mississippi River.

The community was situated on a barren peninsula called "Jackson Point", at a bend in the river called "Palmetto Bend", named for the palmetto plant which grew abundantly in the hardwood swamps across the river in Louisiana.

Kienstra had a post office from 1871 to 1957. The Morrisana Plantation was located at Kienstra. North of the town, midway to Arnot, was the Kienstra School. The "Kienstra Store Light" was a navigation beacon on the river, located near the landing as early as 1879.

In 1900, Kienstra had a population of 35.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra Landing
  3. Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2013.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1001.
  5. "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morrisana Plantation (historical)
  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra School (historical)
  8. Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1882. p. 80.
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