Dahomy, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Dahomy, Mississippi

Unincorporated community

Dahomy, Mississippi

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Dahomy, Mississippi

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Coordinates: 33°40′28″N 90°59′06″W﻿ / ﻿33.67444°N 90.98500°W﻿ / 33.67444; -90.98500
Country| United States
State| Mississippi
County| Bolivar
Elevation

| 141 ft (43 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID| 711172[1]

Dahomy is an unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

## History

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The Dahomey Plantation was founded in 1833 by F.G. Ellis, who named it after Dahomey, the homeland of his slaves.[2] The plantation became the largest cotton plantation in the world.[3]

The settlement of Dahomy was likely established when the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was completed through the plantation in the 1880s.[4]

A post office was established prior to 1907 and closed in 1937.[3][5]

In 1991, 9,691 acres (3,922 ha) of the original Dahomey Plantation was used to established the Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge, located 2.5 mi (4.0 km) east of the settlement of Dahomy.[2][6]

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dahomy
2. ^ a b "Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Habitat Management Plan". U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region. 2013.
3. ^ 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. 603.
4. ^ Howe, Tony. "Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dahomy Post Office (historical)
6. ^ "About the Refuge". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

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Municipalities and communities of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States

County seats: Cleveland and Rosedale

Cities|

* Cleveland
* Mound Bayou
* Rosedale
* Shaw‡
* Shelby

Map of Mississippi highlighting Bolivar County

Towns|

* Alligator
* Benoit
* Beulah
* Boyle
* Duncan
* Gunnison
* Merigold
* Pace
* Renova
* Winstonville

CDPs|

* Bolivar
* Scott
* Skene
* Symonds

Other
communities|

* Choctaw
* Christmas
* Dahomy
* Deeson
* Hushpuckena
* Lamont
* Litton
* Malvina
* O'Reilly
* Perthshire
* Round Lake
* Stringtown
* Waxhaw

Ghost towns|

* Australia
* Concordia
* Eutaw
* Huntington
* Mound Landing
* Prentiss
* Riverton
* Victoria

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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