Crevi, Mississippi

Ghost town in Mississippi, United States
34°02′45″N 90°02′55″W / 34.04583°N 90.04861°W / 34.04583; -90.04861CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyTallahatchieElevation
233 ft (71 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID708134[1]

Crevi (also Mitchells Cross Roads) is a ghost town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.

Crevi was located approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) northeast of Charleston.

In 1876, the United States government established a postal road between Crevi and Friars Point, Mississippi.[2]

Crevi had a post office, and in 1900, a population of 21.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crevi (historical)
  2. ^ The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December 1875, to March, 1877, and Recent Treaties, Postal Conventions, and Executive Proclamations. Vol. XIX. Government Printing Office. 1877. p. 18.
  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. 589.
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