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Pierces Springs

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท MISSISSIPPI

A historical populated place in Clarke County, Mississippi, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Pierces Springs
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Mississippi
County
Clarke County
USGS Map
Melvin
Coordinates
31.9751505, -88.4897540
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GNIS Feature ID
709463

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Settled in 1854

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 709463. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Mosher-Adams, Inc. Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi. Oklahoma City, Okla., 1981.
  • Text Baily, Francis. Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.