Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Rankin County, Mississippi Rankin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The western border of the county is formed by the Pearl River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 141,617, making it the fourth-most populous county in Mississippi. The ...

, United States.

History

The settlement was founded around 1833. Goshen Springs had a post office. The historic building has since been moved to a museum in

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. Near Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a prehistoric archeological settlement listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

. Goshen Springs lies along a now-abandoned portion of the

Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also c ...

. The ''Rebel'' passenger train once passed through Goshen Springs each day. In 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, 31-year-old John Lee of Goshen Springs was found beaten to death on a county road. He had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved.

Notable people

Eugene Hoy Barksdale Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale (November 5, 1896 – August 11, 1926) was a noted aviator and was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Service and Army Air Corps. The new Barksdale Field (now Barksdale Air Force Base) in Bossier City ...

was a World War I pilot, and then test pilot for the US Air Force in the 1920s. He was killed on duty while bailing out of a test plane. Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is named in his honor.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Rankin County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi