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Swiftwater began as Swiftwater Cotton Plantation, founded by Alexander Barckly Montgomery, who built a mansion there in either 1850 or 1845. Montgomery sold the plantation to
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Located on the rail platform was the Swiftwater Store, owned by the E.E. Richardson Company. The store was still in operation in 1910.
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Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swiftwater, Mississippi
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Swiftwater was never incorporated, but had a post office from 1886 to 1932.
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Hall, Russell S.; Nowell, Princella W.; Childress, Stacy (2000).
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Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Mississippi
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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
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Cotton fields at Swiftwater, c. 1885-1898. Photo by
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Unincorporated community
Cotton fields at Swiftwater, c. 1885-1898. Photo by William Henry Jackson.
William Henry Jackson
Swiftwater is located in Mississippi
Swiftwater is located in the United States
33°20′15″N 91°3′35″W / 33.33750°N 91.05972°W / 33.33750; -91.05972
Country
State
Mississippi
County
Washington
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
662
GNIS
unincorporated community
Washington County
Mississippi
Col. Ed Richardson
South
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Pete Shields


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swiftwater, Mississippi

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