Kienstra, Mississippi

Ghost town in Mississippi, United States

31°13′34″N 91°36′21″W / 31.22611°N 91.60583°W / 31.22611; -91.60583CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyAdamsElevation

56 ft (17 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID691978^[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

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra Landing
^ Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-24.
^ ^a ^b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1001.
^ "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morrisana Plantation (historical)
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra School (historical)
^ 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.