Old Greenville, Mississippi

This article is about the ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi. For the city in Washington County, Mississippi, see Greenville, Mississippi.

Old Greenville, Mississippi
Ghost town
1823 map of Jefferson County, Mississippi (David Rumsey Map Collection 5388.022)
Old Greenville
Old Greenville
Coordinates: 31°44′47″N 91°08′24″W / 31.74639°N 91.14000°W / 31.74639; -91.14000
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyJefferson
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1782013

Old Greenville is an extinct settlement and the county seat, from 1802 until 1825, of Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. The town was located along the old Natchez Trace and was once the largest town along the Trace. Nothing exists at the site today except the town's cemetery.

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