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The community was situated on a barren peninsula called "Jackson Point", at a bend in the river called "Palmetto Bend", named for the palmetto plant which grew abundantly in the hardwood swamps across the river in Louisiana.
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Kienstra had a post office from 1871 to 1957. The Morrisana Plantation was located at Kienstra. North of the town, midway to
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kienstra
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Ghost town
Kienstra is located in Mississippi
31°13′34″N 91°36′21″W / 31.22611°N 91.60583°W / 31.22611; -91.60583
Country
State
Mississippi
County
Adams
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
GNIS
ghost town
Adams County, Mississippi
Mississippi River
Arnot


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

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