Christmas, Mississippi
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
33°46′35″N 90°58′42″W / 33.77639°N 90.97833°W / 33.77639; -90.97833Christmas is an unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Christmas is located along Mississippi Highway 1, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south of Beulah.[2]
![An 1862 map shows Christmas directly on the Mississippi River](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Lloyd%27s_map_of_the_lower_Mississippi_River_%28map_no._3%29.jpg/1220px-Lloyd%27s_map_of_the_lower_Mississippi_River_%28map_no._3%29.jpg)
Christmas was historically located directly on the Mississippi River, on a section of the river called the "Beulah Bend" (now Lake Beulah). The course of the river was artificially changed in 1863.[3]
References
- ^ "Christmas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Bolivar County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2006. Retrieved December 25, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Reitzammer, Louis (1985). "Napoleon Cutoff in Desha County". Desha County Historical Society. Ancestry.com.
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Municipalities and communities of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States
County seats: Cleveland and Rosedale
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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