Goshen Springs, Mississippi

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

Goshen Springs, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Goshen Springs, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Goshen Springs, Mississippi
Goshen Springs, Mississippi
Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 32°29′13″N 89°55′15″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyRankin
Elevation
420 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39047
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID691897[1]

History

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

References
  1. "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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