Magna Vista, Mississippi | |
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  Magna Vista  Magna Vista | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′29″N 91°03′42″W / 32.65806°N 91.06167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Issaquena |
| Elevation 32 | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 692034 [1] |
Magna Vista is a ghost town in Issaquena County, Mississippi. [1]
Magna Vista originated as a postal village located directly on the Mississippi River. It had a population of 50 in 1900. [2] A post office operated under the name Magna Vista from 1887 to 1932. [3]
In 1934, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the Newman Cutoff, which created Chotard Lake and Albemarle Lake, both oxbow lakes, and removed Magna Vista from the contiguous Mississippi River. [4]
The place where Magna Vista was located is now directly on top of the Mississippi Levee. Nothing remains of the former settlement.
References
- ^ a b "Magna Vista". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 163.
- ^ "Issaquena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-24.
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