ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
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Alcorn County, Mississippi
Alcorn County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,057. Its county seat is Corinth. The county is named in honor of Governor James L. Alcorn.
The Corinth ...
, United States. It was located miles west of
Corinth
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History
Boneyard was established by William Powell in the 1830s along a stage coach route running between Jacinto, Mississippi and
La Grange, Tennessee
La Grange is a town in Fayette County, Tennessee, Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. A large area in the town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as La Grange Historic District (La ...
. The settlement was humorously called "Boneyard" because Powell was a very lean man. Boneyard had a cabinetmaker's shop, a blacksmith, three mercantile establishments, a cabinetmaker’s shop, a
Masonic lodge
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(No. 179), a tan yard, a saddler's shop, the Boneyard School, and a carding machine where wool was carded for people living within a radius. The population reached about 100.
Boneyard was destroyed by the
Union Army
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during the American Civil War, and was never rebuilt.