Refuge, Mississippi

Refuge is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Refuge, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Refuge, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Refuge, Mississippi
Refuge, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°18′13″N 91°08′11″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyWashington
Elevation
125 ft (38 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID676590[1]

Refuge Landing was located west of the settlement, directly on the Mississippi River.[2][3]

History

Francis Griffin purchased land in 1831 on a high ridge bordering the Mississippi River where he established "Refuge Plantation".[4] By 1850, Griffin had 150 slaves working on his plantation.[5] The Refuge Plantation House, shaded by oak trees and protected from the river by a levee system, was erected with a view of the river, and remains today one of the best examples of a mid-nineteenth-century plantation house in Washington County.[4]

Refuge had a post office. The population in 1900 was 30.[2]

Old Refuge Cemetery, now extinct, was located north of the settlement.[6]

Recent development

Harlow's Casino Resort opened in 2007 in Refuge.[7]

In 2010, the Greenville Bridge was opened connecting Refuge with Shives, Arkansas.[7]

References
  1. "Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 534.
  3. Annual Report of the Mississippi River Commission for 1884. Government Printing Office. 1885. pp. 140.
  4. "Griffin-Spragins House" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior. January 1984.
  5. Griffin Halloran, Mary Helen (2009). Mississippi Family: The Griffins of Magnolia Terrace, Griffin's Refuge, and Greenville 1800-1950. iUniverse. p. 87. ISBN 9781440142246.
  6. "Old Refuge Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  7. "Churchill Downs Incorporated to Acquire Harlow's Casino Resort & Hotel". Churchill Downs Incorporated. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
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