| Official Name: | Boneyard, Mississippi |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Boneyard, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mississippi##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alcorn |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 538 |
| Coordinates: | 34.9022°N -88.6717°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 706834 |
Boneyard is a ghost town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. It was located 8.9miles miles west of Corinth.
Boneyard was established by William Powell in the 1830s along a stage coach route running between Jacinto, Mississippi and La Grange, Tennessee.[1] [2] The settlement was humorously called "Boneyard" because Powell was a very lean man.[1] [2] Boneyard had a cabinetmaker's shop, a blacksmith, three mercantile establishments, a cabinetmaker’s shop, a Masonic lodge (No. 179), a tan yard, a saddler's shop, the Boneyard School, and a carding machine where wool was carded for people living within a 15miles radius.[1] [2] The population reached about 100.[1] [2]
Boneyard was destroyed by the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was never rebuilt.[1]