Prentiss, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 33°46′19″N 91°5′9″W / 33.77194°N 91.08583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Bolivar |
Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 710138 |
Prentiss (also known as "Wellington", "Indian Point Landing", and "Indian Town") is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
Once a thriving river port and county seat, Prentiss was destroyed during the Civil War, and then washed over by the Mississippi River during the 1870s. There is also a Prentiss, Ms in the Southwest. It is the county seat of Jefferson Davis county.