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Port Anderson, Mississippi
Ghost town
1862 map showing Port Anderson
1862 map showing Port Anderson
Port Anderson, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Port Anderson, Mississippi
Port Anderson, Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
Port Anderson, Mississippi is located in the United States
Port Anderson, Mississippi
Port Anderson, Mississippi
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Washington
Elevation
102 ft (31 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 687289

Port Anderson is a ghost town in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

History

The area was settled around 1820 on the banks of the Mississippi River by Major John Lewis Martin (a nephew of Meriwether Lewis), and his son-in-law, John Anderson. Using slave labor, they established a successful plantation there.

Port Anderson is today covered by the Mississippi River, and the nearby shore is uninhabited bottomland.

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