Kienstra, Mississippi

Kienstra (also Kienstra Store) is a ghost town located in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.[1] South of the town was Kienstra Landing, located on the Mississippi River.[2]

Kienstra
Ghost town
Kienstra
Coordinates: 31°13′34″N 91°36′21″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Adams
Elevation	56 ft (17 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	691978[1]

The community was situated on a barren peninsula called "Jackson Point", at a bend in the river called "Palmetto Bend", named for the palmetto plant which grew abundantly in the hardwood swamps across the river in Louisiana.[3]

Kienstra had a post office from 1871 to 1957.[4][5] The Morrisana Plantation was located at Kienstra.[6] North of the town, midway to Arnot, was the Kienstra School.[7] The "Kienstra Store Light" was a navigation beacon on the river, located near the landing as early as 1879.[8]

In 1900, Kienstra had a population of 35.[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra Landing
3. Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-24.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1001.
5. "Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morrisana Plantation (historical)
7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra School (historical)
8. Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1882. p. 80.