Kewanee, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
 The Simmons & Wright Company in Kewanee | |
  Kewanee  Kewanee | |
| Coordinates: 32°25′27″N 88°26′18″W / 32.42417°N 88.43833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Lauderdale |
| Elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 601 & 769 |
| GNIS feature ID | 691977[1] |
Kewanee is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Kewanee is located along U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 80 16 miles (26 km) east-northeast of Meridian.[2] The community is located on the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad and in 1900 had a population of 50 people.[3]
The community's name may be a transfer from Kewanee, Illinois.[4]
The Simmons & Wright Company, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Kewanee.
- ^ a b "Kewanee, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Lauderdale County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1001.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.