Gum Ridge is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi.[1]

Gum Ridge, Mississippi
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 31°47′01″N 91°14′40″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Jefferson
Elevation	69 ft (21 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	707694[1]

Gum Ridge was located at the eastern end of a bend in the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Coles Creek.[2]

A post office was established in 1875,[3] and the hamlet was included on Mississippi River postal routes.

The river changed course in 1884 and began to flow along the "Waterproof Cutoff", named for nearby Waterproof, Louisiana. Gum Ridge had been removed from the contiguous Mississippi River, and the former bend in the river filled in.[4]

In 1900, Gum Ridge had a population of 29.[2]

Aboriginal artifacts, particularly a celt and a sandstone pipe, have been found at Gum Ridge.[5]

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