Port Anderson is a ghost town in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

Port Anderson, Mississippi
Ghost town
1862 map showing Port Anderson
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Coordinates: 33°31′33″N 91°12′06″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Washington
Elevation	102 ft (31 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	687289[1]

History

The area was settled around 1820 on the banks of the Mississippi River by Major John Lewis Martin (a nephew of Meriwether Lewis), and his son-in-law, John Anderson. Using slave labor, they established a successful plantation there.[2][3]

Port Anderson is today covered by the Mississippi River, and the nearby shore is uninhabited bottomland.

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