Hutchins Landing, Mississippi facts for kids
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Hutchins Landing
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 Hutchins Landing, Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
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| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Adams |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 691955 |
Hutchins Landing is a ghost town in Adams County, Mississippi, USA. A ghost town is a place where people used to live, but now no one does.
It was located right on the Mississippi River. This was about 15 miles (24 km) south of a city called Natchez. Today, an oil field called Hutchins Landing Oil Field is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of where the town used to be.
History
Hutchins Landing was near where Saint Catherine Creek met the Mississippi River. Some people think the famous explorer La Salle might have camped here in the 1670s. Later, in the late 1800s, the creek's path was changed. The part that stayed near Hutchins Landing was then called Old Saint Catherine Creek.
In the 1780s, a man named Anthony Hutchins was given land in this area. His son, John Odlin Hutchins, and his wife Aubin, started the Glen Aubin Plantation in the 1830s. Hutchins Landing became the port for this plantation. This means it was the place where boats would load and unload goods for the plantation.
People might have lived in Hutchins Landing until about 1880. Today, nothing is left of Hutchins Landing. The area is now covered in forest and is part of the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge.
