Cayuga is an unincorporated community in Hinds County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[2]
Cayuga, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 32°09′34″N 90°41′38″W / 32.15944°N 90.69389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Hinds |
Elevation | 269 ft (82 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 601 |
GNIS feature ID | 668178[1] |
History
editThe community is named after Cayuga Lake, in New York.[3] Cayuga was once home to two churches.[4] A post office called Cayuga was established in 1829, and remained in operation until 1906.[5] A variant name was "Cayuga Plantation".[2]
Notable person
edit- Talbert A. Luster, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1920.[6]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga, Mississippi
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cayuga
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 381.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 413.