| Official Name: | Gum Ridge, Mississippi |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Gum Ridge |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 21 |
| Elevation Ft: | 69 |
| Coordinates: | 31.7836°N -91.2444°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 707694 |
Gum Ridge is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
Gum Ridge was located at the eastern end of a bend in the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Coles Creek.[1]
A post office was established in 1875, and the hamlet was included on Mississippi River postal routes.
The river changed course in 1884 and began to flow along the "Waterproof Cutoff", named for nearby Waterproof, Louisiana.Gum Ridge had been removed from the contiguous Mississippi River, and the former bend in the river filled in.[2]
In 1900, Gum Ridge had a population of 29.[1]
Aboriginal artifacts, particularly a celt and a sandstone pipe, have been found at Gum Ridge.[3]