Delta
Vanished settlement · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.404, -90.572
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Delta is a ghost town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. During its heyday in the 1830s to the 1850s it was the county "seat of justice" and had some commercial significance due to its location on the Yazoo Pass connection from the Mississippi River to inland waterways. However, the town struggled to thrive due to frequent flooding and a rather malarial site. During the American Civil War the commercial buildings and residences of Delta were all burned down, apparently by Union troops hoping to disrupt cotton smuggling via the boat landing.