Dahomy, Mississippi Explained

Official Name:	Dahomy, Mississippi
Settlement Type:	Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:	Mississippi#USA
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Bolivar
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Elevation Ft:	141
Coordinates:	33.6744°N -90.985°W
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	711172

Dahomy is an unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.

History

The Dahomey Plantation was founded in 1833 by F.G. Ellis, who named it after Dahomey, the homeland of his slaves.^[1] The plantation became the largest cotton plantation in the world.^[2]

The settlement of Dahomy was likely established when the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was completed through the plantation in the 1880s.^[3]

A post office was established prior to 1907 and closed in 1937.^[2]

In 1991, 9691acres of the original Dahomey Plantation was used to established the Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge, located 2.5miles east of the settlement of Dahomy.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Habitat Management Plan . U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region . 2013 .
2. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 1907 . 1 . 603.
3. Web site: Howe . Tony . Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway . Mississippi Rails . July 23, 2017.
4. Web site: About the Refuge . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service . January 9, 2014 . July 24, 2017 . July 4, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170704011911/https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Dahomey/about.html . dead .