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Eagles Nest is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Eagles Nest is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Jonestown and approximately 11 miles (18 km) west of Belen. Eagles Nest is named for the former plantation of James L. Alcorn,[2] which in turn received its name from an eagle's nest that was built near the site.[3] The community is located on the former Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway.[4] A post office operated under the name Eagles Nest from 1887 to 1909.[5]

Eagles Nest, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°17′31″N 90°28′02″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Coahoma
Elevation	164 ft (50 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38639
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	[1]

Notable person

James L. Alcorn, governor of Mississippi from 1870 to 1871. Alcorn is buried near the site of his former home in Eagles Nest.[6]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagles Nest, Mississippi
Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 12 November 2010. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-60473-289-4.
Mississippi Historical Society (1902). Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. The Society. p. 249.
Howe, Tony. "Eagles Nest, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 667.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Clarksdale
City	Clarksdale	Map of Mississippi highlighting Coahoma County
Towns	Coahoma Friars Point Jonestown Lula Lyon
CDPs	Bobo Dublin Farrell Rena Lara
Other communities	Burke Landing Cagles Crossing Claremont Clover Hill Eagles Nest Hillhouse Hopson Humber Lurand Mattson Moon Lake Pushmataha Landing Rich Roseacres Roundaway Rudyard Sherard Stovall Sunflower Landing
Ghost towns	Delta Ingram‡ Port Royal Wildwood
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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