Camargo, Mississippi
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 34°04′15.39″N 88°38′55.18″W  /  34.0709417°N 88.6486611°W  / 34.0709417; -88.6486611
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Monroe
Elevation	223 ft (68 m)
GNIS feature ID	709319 [1]

Camargo is a ghost town in Monroe County, Mississippi , United States. ^[1] Once a thriving river port, Camargo declined following the completion of a nearby railway.

History [ edit ]

Camargo was laid out in 1847, and was named by a veteran of the Mexican?American War , after a war camp near Camargo, Tamaulipas , Mexico. ^{[2] [3]} Located on Old Town Creek , it was described as a "flourishing port", with schools, stores, a steamboat landing, a church, post office, cemetery, and Masonic Lodge. ^{[2] [4] [5] [6]} The Confederate States Army won a skirmish at Camargo on July 14, 1864. ^[5]

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad opened about 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Camargo in the late 1840s. A plan to build a railway line from Camargo to the Mobile and Ohio mainline was prepared, and in 1854, the Camargo Branch Railroad Company was established, though the line was never constructed. ^{[7] [8]} With the success of the nearby railway, Old Town Creek was neglected and became filled with trees and debris, making it impractical as a transport route. ^[9] "Under the new conditions of competition the little river ports suffered heavily and tended to dry up", and Camargo was abandoned by the 1870s. ^{[4] [8]}

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External links [ edit ]

• Where is Camargo Crossroads?

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