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Early Towns in Hinds County
Contributed by Jymie Carol Ford Inmon January 20, 2006

There were several towns in the early history of the county which have long since disappeared. Amsterdam was a beautiful village on Big Black, near the present site of Edwards. Amsterdam was a village located on the Big Black River a short distance westward from Edwards, Mississippi. It was a United States Customs Port of Entry. The United States Post Office at Amsterdam was established December 26, 1832 and discontinued November 27, 1839. The Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad passed to the south. The village of Amsterdam immediately moved and created Edwards.The name of the United States Post Office was changed to Edwards Depot, November 27, 1839. The name was changed to Edwards, December 19, 1883, as it remains today. Amsterdam appears to be the first village in the state to suffer the fate of becoming a ghost town because the railroad did not pass through the village. However, it was not to be the last. The United States Post Office at Yeiger's Store (Or perhaps Yeiser's Store) was established February 24, 1832, and discontinued June 4, 1839. There is nothing there now to show where it once was. In the same neighborhood was Yeiser's Store, an election precinct which polled about 400 voters, long since forgotten.

Newton was a place between Raymond and Terry, and the home of Albert G. Brown, once United States Senator, and perhaps, at that time, the most popular Democrat in the state.
Meridian Springs was a town that was lost to Hinds [County] when the two townships on the north were given by the Legislature to Madison County. Meridian Springs had the first United States Post Office that was established in Hinds County [July 28, 1828]. It was located northward from Jackson (No doubt on the Natchez Trace and probably in the Doaks Stand area.) The name was changed to Battle Springs on August 29, 1851 when this area was made part of Madison County.
Source: Exceprts taken from The Masons and Methodists in Utica, Mississippi, compiled by James E. Price, 1998.

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Arms
Bear Creek
Bernard
Bethesda
Bolton
Bottom Acres (subdivision) Clinton
Bradie
Breckenridge (subdivision) Clinton
Briarcliff (subdivision) New Byram
Brookhollow Place (subdivision) Clinton
Brookleigh
Brookwood (subdivision) New Byram
Brookwood Pines (subdivision) New Byram
Brownsville
Byram
Byrd Heights (subdivision) Clinton
Carmichael
Carriage Hills (subdivision) Clinton
Cayuga
Cedar Hills (subdivision) Clinton
Champion Hill
Chapel Hill
Cherry Park (subdivision) Clinton
Choctaw Village (subdivision) Florence
Clinton
Country Woods (subdivision) Clinton
Cynthia
Dabney Crossroads
Dixon
Dixon Acres (subdivision) Clinton
Dry Grove
Duke
East Manor Estates (subdivision) Jackson SE
Easthaven (subdivision) Clinton
Eastover (subdivision) Jackson
Edgewood Acres (subdivision) Clinton
Edwards
Elton
Elton Place (subdivision) Florence
Fairchilds Crossroads
Forest Green (subdivision) Clinton
Forest Hill
Forest Park Estates (subdivision) Clinton
Funchess Community
Garden Park (subdivision) Jackson
Gary Estates (subdivision) New Byram
Green Acres (subdivision) Clinton
Green Crossing
Heritage Estates (subdivision) New Byram
Highland Meadows (subdivision) Jackson
Hope Springs (subdivision) Ridgeland
Hubbard
Huntcliff (subdivision) Clinton
Institute
Jackson
Kentwood (subdivision) Clinton
Lake Ridgelea Subdivision New Byram
Lakeover
Lakeridge (subdivision) Clinton
Lakeside (subdivision) Clinton
Learned
Leavell woods (subdivision) Jackson
Lebanon
Lost Lake (subdivision) New Byram
Lynchburg
Magnolia Terrace (subdivision) Clinton
Mayfair
McRaven
Meadow Oaks (subdivision) Clinton
Meadowhill (subdivision) Clinton
Midway
Moncure
Morgans Store
Morning Star
Nevada
New Byram
Newman
Nogan
North Colony
North Town Plaza (subdivision) Madison
Northpointe (subdivision) Madison
Northwest Hills (subdivision) Jackson
Norwood
Oak Creek (subdivision) Clinton
Oakley
Orangeville
Palestine
Pine Grove
Pine Lea (subdivision) Clinton
Pinehaven Estates
Pocahontas
Presidential Hills (subdivision) Clinton
Queens Hill
Queens Lane (subdivision) Clinton
Raintree Place (subdivision) New Byram
Raymond
Red Hill (subdivision) Florence
Reedtown
Rolling Meadows (subdivision) Madison
Rosemary
Salem
Seven Springs
Shadow Lake Estates (subdivision) Clinton
Sherwood Forest (subdivision) Jackson SE
Siwel
Smiths
Southwood Estates (subdivision) Florence
Spring Ridge
Sunkist (subdivision) New Byram
Taylorsville
Terry
The Briars (subdivision) Clinton
The Cascades (subdivision) Clinton
The Islands (subdivision) Clinton
The Meadows of Trailwood (subdivision) Clinton
Thompson Clinton
Thompsonville
Tinnin
Tougaloo
Trailwood (subdivision) Clinton
Utica
Van Winkle
Warren Place (subdivision) Florence
Wateroaks (subdivision) Pocahontas
West View
Westchester Hills (subdivision) Clinton
Western Hills (subdivision) Clinton
Willowood (subdivision) Clinton
Windsor Forest (subdivision) New Byram
Wingfield Place (subdivision) Jackson
Woodhaven (subdivision) Ridgeland
Woodland Hills (subdivision) Jackson
Woodmoor (subdivision) Clinton
Woodville Heights (subdivision)