Cotton Gin Port

Cotton Gin Port, south one mile, began as an Indian trading post at the southern terminus of Gaines Trace. Named for the cotton gin built by the U.S. Government for the Chickasaw about 1801, it grew into an important river town and cotton market with the formation of Monroe County in 1821. It was abandoned in 1887 after the founding of the nearby railroad town of Amory.

Mississippi · United States