Hutchins Landing, Mississippi Explained

Official Name:Hutchins Landing
Pushpin Map:Mississippi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Adams
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation M:16
Elevation Ft:52
Coordinates:31.3919°N -91.4581°W
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:691955

Hutchins Landing is a ghost town in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.

The settlement was located on the Mississippi River, approximately 15miles south of Natchez.

The Hutchins Landing Oil Field is located 1.5miles south of the former settlement.

History

The site was located just south of where Saint Catherine Creek flowed into the Mississippi River, and may have been a place where La Salle camped in the 1670s.[1] The creek was diverted north in the late 1800s, and what remained of the creek at Hutchins Landing was renamed Old Saint Catherine Creek.

Land in the area was granted to Anthony Hutchins in the 1780s. The Glen Aubin Plantation was established by Anthony Hutchins' son, John Odlin Hutchins, and his wife Aubin, in the 1830s. Hutchins Landing was established as the plantation's port.[2]

Hutchins Landing may have been populated as late as 1880.[3]

Nothing remains of Hutchins Landing, and it is today covered in forest, and located within the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barnett, James F. . The Natchez Indians: A History To 1735 . University Press of Mississippi . 2007 . 26, 141. 9781604733099 .
  2. Web site: Miller . Mary Warren . National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Glen Aubin . United States Department of the Interior . July 8, 1985 .
  3. Book: 1882 . Dungliston . Richard J. . Woodburry . Frank . College News and Miscellany . College and Clinical Record, Volume 3 . Jefferson Medical College . 68.