Kewanee, Mississippi
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Kewanee is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Lauderdale County,
Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
, United States. Kewanee is located along U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 80 east-northeast of Meridian. The community is located on the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad and in 1900 had a population of 50 people. The community's name may be a transfer from Kewanee, Illinois. The Simmons & Wright Company, listed on the
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, is located in Kewanee.


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Unincorporated communities in Lauderdale County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{LauderdaleCountyMS-geo-stub