Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, was a town located in Monroe County, Mississippi.

Geography

Cotton Gin Port was located at .

History

Cotton Gin Port was the first town in North Mississippi. It was located on the east bank of the Tombigbee River at a crossing of vital Indian trails. It was a base of expeditions of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1736 and Vaudreuil in 1752. The Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad caused extinction as the townfolk moved to the new town of Amory.

The early U.S. government built a cotton gin in the early 1800s at Cotton Gin Port in order to build a better relationship with the local Chickasaw Indians. A road, Gaines Trace, was built to the town by George Strother Gaines from close to Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River.

External Links

• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/pkt14.html
• ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/monroe/history/cottongp.txt