Colony Town

Colony Town is a ghost town in Leflore County, Mississippi. Colony Town is approximately 7 miles west of Itta Bena and approximately 6 miles east of Moorhead. A post office operated under the name Colony Town from 1918 to 1942.

Type: ghost town
Description: ghost town in Leflore County, Missouri
Also known as: “Colony Town, Mississippi”, “Colony Town, MS”, and “Cude”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moorhead and Itta Bena.

Moorhead

Village

Photo: Jimmy Emerson, CC BY 2.0.

Moorhead is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. Moorhead is situated 5 miles west of Colony Town.

Itta Bena

Village

Photo: Chillin662, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. Itta Bena is situated 6 miles northeast of Colony Town.

Colony Town

Location: Leflore County, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.45484° or 33° 27′ 17″ north

Longitude

-90.41036° or 90° 24′ 37″ west

Elevation

115 feet (35 metres)

Open location code

865FFH3Q+WV

GeoNames ID

4422417

Wikidata ID

Q5148511

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In Other Languages

“Colony Town” goes by many names.

Chinese: “科勒尼敦”

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Places to explore: Purnell and Berclair.

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