Coars Springs, Mississippi
| Coars Springs | |
|---|---|
| Ghost town | |
  Coars Springs | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′51″N 90°16′55″W / 31.89750°N 90.28194°WCoordinates: 31°53′51″N 90°16′55″W / 31.89750°N 90.28194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Copiah |
| Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 708017[1] |
Coars Springs is a ghost town in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States.
Once a thriving settlement and county seat in the early 1800s, Coars Springs today is covered by forest.
History
Coars Springs was located 5 mi (8.0 km) east of the present-day city of Hazlehurst, on the north bank of Copiah Creek.
The town was likely named after the "Coars", a founding family.[2]
When Copiah County was established in 1823, Coars Springs became the first county seat.[3] The following year, Simpson County was formed out of part of Copiah County, and the county seat was moved to Gallatin, a few miles west of Hazlehurst.[2]
Coars Springs was a center of trade in the county, and was popular as a health resort. It had a hotel and three or four stores. The first probate and orphan’s court was held there.[2]
The town was bypassed during the building of the railways in the mid-1800s, and became extinct.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coars Springs (historical)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Forgotten Towns & Villages of Copiah County". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved May 2014.
- ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. pp. 462, 504.
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