Official Name: | Goshen Springs, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | USA Mississippi |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Mississippi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rankin |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 420 |
Coordinates: | 32.4869°N -89.9208°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 39047 |
Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 691897 |
Goshen Springs (also New Goshen Springs) is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
The settlement was founded around 1833.[1]
Goshen Springs had a post office. The historic building has since been moved to a museum in Brandon.[2]
Near Goshen Springs is the Armstrong Site, a prehistoric archeological settlement listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Goshen Springs lies along a now-abandoned portion of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Rebel passenger train once passed through Goshen Springs each day.[3] [4]
In 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, 31-year-old John Lee of Goshen Springs was found beaten to death on a county road. He had attended some civil rights meetings. His murder remains unsolved.[5]