Kienstra, Mississippi

Kienstra
Ghost town
Kienstra
Coordinates: 31°13′34″N 91°36′21″W / 31.22611°N 91.60583°W / 31.22611; -91.60583Coordinates: 31°13′34″N 91°36′21″W / 31.22611°N 91.60583°W / 31.22611; -91.60583
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Adams
Elevation 56 ft (17 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 691978[1]

Kienstra (also Kienstra Store) is a ghost town located in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.[1] South of the town was Kienstra Landing, located on the Mississippi River.[2]

The community was situated on a barren peninsula called "Jackson Point", at a bend in the river called "Palmetto Bend", named for the palmetto plant which grew abundantly in the hardwood swamps across the river in Louisiana.[3]

Kienstra had a post office from 1871 to 1957.[4][5] The Morrisana Plantation was located at Kienstra.[6] North of the town, midway to Arnot, was the Kienstra School.[7] The "Kienstra Store Light" was a navigation beacon on the river, located near the landing as early as 1879.[8]

In 1900, Kienstra had a population of 35.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra Landing
  3. ↑ Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission.
  4. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1001.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Retrieved April 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morrisana Plantation (historical)
  7. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra School (historical)
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1882. p. 80.


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