Anderson Landing, Mississippi

Anderson Landing, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Anderson Landing
Anderson Landing
Coordinates: 34°08′23″N 90°52′00″W / 34.13972°N 90.86667°W / 34.13972; -90.86667Coordinates: 34°08′23″N 90°52′00″W / 34.13972°N 90.86667°W / 34.13972; -90.86667
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Coahoma
Elevation 151 ft (46 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 691666[1]

Anderson Landing is an unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

The settlement is located on Desoto Lake.[2] Prior to 1942, Desoto Lake was part of the contiguous Mississippi River, and Anderson Landing was a riverport on the south shore of "Sunflower Bend".[3]

History

During the 1890s, Anderson Landing was the part of the Wilkerson's Plantation, and the landing was used to ship cotton.[4]

In 1942, the United States Army Corps of Engineers removed Sunflower Bend from the course of the Mississippi River. The resulting oxbow lake was named "Desoto Lake".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anderson Landing
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Desoto Lake
  3. 1 2 Bragg, Marion (1977). Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. pp. 106, 107.
  4. ↑ "Cotton". The Commercial & Financial Chronicle. 53. New York. August 29, 1891. p. 298.
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