Rocky Springs

A once active spring provided a natural stopping place for travelers on the Natchez Trace and helped establish and sustain the rural community of Rocky Springs. The 25 square mile town, which included a post rider relay station, prospered for approximately 100 years and survived many hardships, but a boll weevil infestation devastated the economy. Today, an inactive church, cemetery, cisterns, and safes are the only reminders of a once prosperous rural community.

Hermanville, Mississippi · United States