Abandoned Record
About Pearce
Pearce is a ghost town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. Pearce had a post office.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Pearce, 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 Pearce is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Pearce
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.
- 1955 Jackson sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Valley sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Yazoo City sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Jackson sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Jackson sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Yazoo City sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Eden 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 Pearce
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Mississippi index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Pearce, Mississippi": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q19573640.
- USGS GNIS 686681.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).