Official Name: | Michigan City, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Benton |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 404 |
Coordinates: | 34.9803°N -89.25°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38647 |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 693948 |
Michigan City, formerly known as Davis Mills, is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Mississippi, United States.
The majority of the first settlers being natives of the state of Michigan caused the name to be selected.[1] Michigan City was formerly home to a flour mill and lumber mill.[2]
A post office operated under the name Davis Mills from 1871 to 1875 and first began operation under the name Michigan City in 1875.[3]
Davis' Mills Battle Site, a Civil War battlefield listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Michigan City.[4]
[It is located along [[Mississippi Highway 7]] in north central Benton County, just south of the Tennessee state line, approximately three miles north of U. S. Route 72.
Mississippi Highway 702 is called Main Street in Michigan City.
The nearly abandoned Mississippi Central Railroad, which is used only rarely for freight traffic, runs through Michigan City.[5]