Selsertown, Mississippi

Selsertown
Ghost town
Selsertown
Coordinates: 31°37′41″N 91°14′10″W / 31.62806°N 91.23611°WCoordinates: 31°37′41″N 91°14′10″W / 31.62806°N 91.23611°W
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Adams
Elevation 400 ft (122 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 686071[1]

Selsertown is an extinct town in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

A tumulus is located there, named Emerald Mound.[2] As of 1848, it took up 6 acres (2.4 ha), and was described as being of "extraordinary size" in the book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley.[3]

Selsertown was the third stop on the Old Natchez Road. Beginning in Natchez, the road traveled northeast through Washington, Selsertown, Uniontown, and many other communities until it ended in Nashville, Tennessee.[4] The United States required jurisdictions through which the Trace passed to commit to development of a tavern or inn every six miles on the trace. George Selser built an inn at this site, which opened in 1780. John McCullum eventually became the owner of the inn.[2] A sign outside of the inn, while owned by McCullum, read "Intertainment for Man and Baste."[5] The inn caught fire and was destroyed during the American Civil War.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Selsertown, Mississippi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geoghegan, Ann Allen. "Selsertown". Communities & Maps. Jefferson County MSGenWeb Index. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Squier, E.G. (1848). Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 60.
  4. ↑ "Stands on the Old Natchez Trace". TNGenNet. Retrieved July 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Franklin Lafayette Riley (1910). Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. The Society. p. 358. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

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