Swiftwater is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Swiftwater, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Cotton fields at Swiftwater, c. 1885-1898. Photo by William Henry Jackson.
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Coordinates: 33°20′15″N 91°3′35″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Washington
Elevation	121 ft (37 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38701
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	692252[1]

History

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]

Notable people

Pete Shields, a professional baseball player with the Cleveland Indians, was born in Swiftwater.[6]

References

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