Swiftwater is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
Swiftwater began as Swiftwater Cotton Plantation, founded by Alexander Barckly Montgomery, who built a mansion there in either 1850[2] or 1845.[3] Montgomery sold the plantation to Col. Ed Richardson, the world's largest cotton plantation owner in the 1870s and 1880s, and owner of plantations across the South.[3]
Swiftwater was a stop on the now-abandoned Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad,[4] completed in the 1880s.[5]
Located on the rail platform was the Swiftwater Store, owned by the E.E. Richardson Company. The store was still in operation in 1910.[3][5]
Swiftwater was never incorporated, but had a post office from 1886 to 1932.[5]
Pete Shields, a professional baseball player with the Cleveland Indians, was born in Swiftwater.[6]
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邮编 | 城市 | 州 | 纬度 | 经度 |
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38701 | Swiftwater | MS | 33.33762 | -91.05983 |