Goshen Springs, Mississippi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Goshen Springs, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Goshen Springs, Mississippi Location in Mississippi
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Rankin
Elevation	420 ft (130 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39047
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	691897

Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.

History

The settlement was founded around 1833.

Goshen Springs had a post office. The historic building has since been moved to a museum in Brandon.

Near Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a prehistoric archeological settlement listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Goshen Springs lies along a now-abandoned portion of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Rebel passenger train once passed through Goshen Springs each day.

In 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, 31-year-old John Lee of Goshen Springs was found beaten to death on a county road. He had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved.

Notable people

• Eugene Hoy Barksdale was a World War I pilot, and then test pilot for the US Air Force in the 1920s. He was killed on duty while bailing out of a test plane. Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is named in his honor.