Orwood, Mississippi
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title:
Orwood, Mississippi
text:
Orwood is a ghost town in southwestern Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was originally spelled “Orrwood,” but at some point the second “r” was dropped. "The town was first settled by Green McKie who settled a farm in 1837. Later Charles H. Gray of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina moved to Orwood in 1839. Charles Gray was a wealthy planter who lost his fortune during the civil war. He has a beautiful old Southern Colonial home built by William Turner in 1854. According to the 1936 WPA records
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ghost town in Mississippi, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwood,_Mississippi
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2023-07-27T21:24:00Z
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