Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Unincorporated community

Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Location within the state of Mississippi

Coordinates: 32°29′13″N 89°55′15″W﻿ / ﻿32.48694°N 89.92083°W﻿ / 32.48694; -89.92083
Country| United States
State| Mississippi
County| Rankin
Elevation

| 420 ft (130 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code|

39047

Area code(s)| 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID| 691897[1]

Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

## History

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The settlement was founded around 1833.[2]

Goshen Springs had a post office.[3] The historic building has since been moved to a museum in Brandon.[4]

Near Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a prehistoric archeological settlement listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Goshen Springs lies along a now-abandoned portion of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Rebel passenger train once passed through Goshen Springs each day.[6][7]

In 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, 31-year-old John Lee of Goshen Springs was found beaten to death on a county road. He had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved.[8]

## Notable people

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* Eugene Hoy Barksdale was a World War I pilot, and then test pilot for the US Air Force in the 1920s. He was killed on duty while bailing out of a test plane. Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is named in his honor.[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Goshen Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ "Goshen Springs". Rankin County Historical Society. October 26, 2011.
3. ^ "Goshen Springs Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. ^ Wilkerson, Lyn (2010). Slow Travels-Mississippi. Lyn Wilkerson. ISBN 9781452332291.
5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
6. ^ "Stations and Structured on Current and Former Railroad Lines in Mississippi". ICRR.net. January 14, 2013.
7. ^ "The Rebel". American Rails. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
8. ^ "Partial List of Racial Murders in the South in the Last 2 Years" (PDF). CORE Southern Regional Office. April 1965.
9. ^ "Barksdale Information". Barksdale Air Force Base. October 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.

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Municipalities and communities of Rankin County, Mississippi, United States

County seat: Brandon

Cities|

* Brandon
* Florence
* Flowood
* Jackson‡
* Pearl
* Richland

Map of Mississippi highlighting Rankin County

Towns|

* Pelahatchie

Village|

* Puckett

CDPs|

* Cleary
* Robinhood

Unincorporated
communities|

* Cross Roads
* Fannin
* Goshen Springs
* Greenfield
* Gulde
* Johns
* Koch
* Langford
* Leesburg
* Monterey
* Piney Woods
* Pisgah
* Sand Hill
* Star
* Whitfield

Ghost towns|

* Comeby
* Dobson
* Lynwood

Footnotes|

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

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