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Country
  
United States

County
  
Rankin

GNIS feature ID
  
691897

State
  
Mississippi

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
128 m

Goshen Springs, Mississippi

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 72% Humidity

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Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.

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History

The settlement was founded about 1833.

Goshen Springs had a post office. The historic building has since been moved to a museum in Brandon.

Located in the vicinity of Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a pre-historic archeological settlement listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Goshen Springs is located along a now-abandoned portion of the Illinois Central Railroad. 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. Lee had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved.

Notable people

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

    • References

    Goshen Springs, Mississippi Wikipedia
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