Abandoned Record
About Dogtown
Dogtown is a ghost town in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States, located on Highway 334, 17.6 miles (28.3 km) southeast of Oxford. At one time it was the location of Dogtown School.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Dogtown, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Dogtown is
Historic maps
9 historic USGS maps cover Dogtown
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1942 Denmark sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1943 Denmark sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Tupelo sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Tupelo sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1980 Denmark sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Oxford sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Tupelo sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1990 Oxford sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 2000 Denmark sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Dogtown
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Mississippi index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Dogtown, Mississippi": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q16962166.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).