Abandoned Record
About Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel is a ghost town in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, United States. Once a thriving 19th-century community, little remains today of Mount Carmel but a museum located within a historic home.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Mount Carmel
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.
- 1953 Hattiesburg sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Hattiesburg sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1970 Mount Carmel sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Laurel sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Hattiesburg sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1994 Laurel 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 Mount Carmel
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Mississippi index.
- Westville17.5 mi NW · Simpson
- Woolworth28.1 mi W · Lincoln
- Coars Springs33.5 mi NW · Copiah
- Riverside33.9 mi SE · Forrest
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Mount Carmel, Mississippi": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q17108869.
- USGS GNIS 673998.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).