Camargo, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 34°04′15.39″N 88°38′55.18″W / 34.0709417°N 88.6486611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Monroe |
Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 709319 [1] |
Camargo is a ghost town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Once a thriving river port, Camargo declined following the completion of a nearby railway.
Camargo was laid out in 1847, and was named by a veteran of the Mexican–American War, after a war camp near Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [2] [3] Located on Old Town Creek, it was described as a "flourishing port", with schools, stores, a steamboat landing, a church, post office, cemetery, and Masonic Lodge. [2] [4] [5] [6] The Confederate States Army won a skirmish at Camargo on July 14, 1864. [5]
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad opened about 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Camargo in the late 1840s. A plan to build a railway line from Camargo to the Mobile and Ohio mainline was prepared, and in 1854, the Camargo Branch Railroad Company was established, though the line was never constructed. [7] [8] With the success of the nearby railway, Old Town Creek was neglected and became filled with trees and debris, making it impractical as a transport route. [9] "Under the new conditions of competition the little river ports suffered heavily and tended to dry up", and Camargo was abandoned by the 1870s. [4] [8]
Camargo, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 34°04′15.39″N 88°38′55.18″W / 34.0709417°N 88.6486611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Monroe |
Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 709319 [1] |
Camargo is a ghost town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Once a thriving river port, Camargo declined following the completion of a nearby railway.
Camargo was laid out in 1847, and was named by a veteran of the Mexican–American War, after a war camp near Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [2] [3] Located on Old Town Creek, it was described as a "flourishing port", with schools, stores, a steamboat landing, a church, post office, cemetery, and Masonic Lodge. [2] [4] [5] [6] The Confederate States Army won a skirmish at Camargo on July 14, 1864. [5]
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad opened about 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Camargo in the late 1840s. A plan to build a railway line from Camargo to the Mobile and Ohio mainline was prepared, and in 1854, the Camargo Branch Railroad Company was established, though the line was never constructed. [7] [8] With the success of the nearby railway, Old Town Creek was neglected and became filled with trees and debris, making it impractical as a transport route. [9] "Under the new conditions of competition the little river ports suffered heavily and tended to dry up", and Camargo was abandoned by the 1870s. [4] [8]