Abandoned Record
About Mound Landing
Mound Landing is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The settlement was located at Choctaw Bend on the Mississippi River.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Mound Landing, 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 Mound Landing is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Mound Landing
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.
- 1933 Lamont sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1939 Lamont sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Greenwood sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Greenwood sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1972 Arkansas City sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1977 Lamont sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Dumas sheet, 1:100,000 · 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 Mound Landing
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Mississippi index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Mound Landing, Mississippi": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q28085964.
- USGS GNIS 692087.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).