Splunge, Mississippi

Splunge, Mississippi
Splunge, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
	Splunge Splunge
	Coordinates: 33°58′08″N 88°16′07″W / 33.96889°N 88.26861°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Monroe
Elevation	341 ft (104 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	678059

Splunge, (also known as Lannsdale or Lanndale), is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.^[1]

Splunge is located on Splunge Creek, east of Hatley and north of Greenwood Springs.

History

In 1900, Splunge had a population of 18.^[2]

A post office operated under the name Splung from 1848 to 1867 and the name Splunge from 1881 to 1918.^[3]

The Splunge Free Will Baptist Church was built in 1844 and is the oldest surviving church building in Monroe County and the oldest Free Will Baptist church in Mississippi.^[4]

The Splunge Lookout Tower is listed on the National Historic Lookout Register.^[5]

The community is served by two volunteer fire departments.^[6]

In 1973, natural gas reserves were discovered in Splunge.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Splunge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 716.
^ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^ "Splunge Free Will Baptist Church". hmdb.org. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^ "Splunge Lookout Tower". nhlr.org. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^ "Monroe County Volunteer Fire Departments". monroems.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^ Cockrell, Alan (2009). Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945–2005. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 360. ISBN 9781628468403.

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[GNIS-1] "Splunge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[2] Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 716.

[3] "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

[4] "Splunge Free Will Baptist Church". hmdb.org. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

[5] "Splunge Lookout Tower". nhlr.org. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

[6] "Monroe County Volunteer Fire Departments". monroems.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

[7] Cockrell, Alan (2009). Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945–2005. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 360. ISBN 9781628468403.

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Splunge, Mississippi

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