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constructed the "Glasscock Cutoff", which removed Briers from the contiguous flow of the Mississippi River.
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All that remains at the hamlet's former location is an abandoned landing strip for light aircraft.
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Briers was located on a stretch of the river called "Deer Park Bend". In 1933, the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briar Landing
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Former populated places in Adams County, Mississippi
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Ghost town
Briers is located in Mississippi
31°23′01″N 91°32′00″W / 31.38361°N 91.53333°W / 31.38361; -91.53333
Country
State
Mississippi
County
Adams
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
GNIS
ghost town
Adams County, Mississippi
Mississippi River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briers (historical)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briar Landing
Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form
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"Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River"
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