The Canemount Plantation is a historic Southern

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Lorman, Mississippi Lorman is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Lorman is approximately north of Fayette, near Highway 61 on Mississippi Highway 552. Lorman is the nearest community to Alcorn State University, ...

Location

It is located on Route 2 in the town of Lorman, in Jefferson County,

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/ref> It is one mile north of the town of Alcorn, Mississippi, Alcorn and four miles away the

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.Natchez Trace Travel: Windsor Ruins Loop Route: Alcorn / Port Gibson, Mississippi
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/ref> It spans 10,000 acres of land.

History

The Plantation house in the Southern United States, plantation mansion was built for the Murdoch family in 1855. It was designed in the Italianate Revival architectural style. Four outbuildings were also built prior to the Civil War, some as early as 1826, including a barn and a slave cabin. It is now owned by the MDWFP. The state has turned the property into the Canemount Wildlife Management Area. This site has approx. 3500 AC that is now open to the public hunting through WMA draw hunt permits.

References

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