Official Name: | Refuge, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi |
Pushpin Label: | Refuge, Mississippi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Washington |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 125 |
Coordinates: | 33.3036°N -91.1364°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 676590 |
Refuge is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.
Refuge Landing was located west of the settlement, directly on the Mississippi River.[1] [2]
Francis Griffin purchased land in 1831 on a high ridge bordering the Mississippi River where he established "Refuge Plantation".[3] By 1850, Griffin had 150 slaves working on his plantation.[4] The Refuge Plantation House, shaded by oak trees and protected from the river by a levee system, was erected with a view of the river, and remains today one of the best examples of a mid-nineteenth-century plantation house in Washington County.[3]
Refuge had a post office. The population in 1900 was 30.[1]
Old Refuge Cemetery, now extinct, was located north of the settlement.
Harlow's Casino Resort opened in 2007 in Refuge.[5]
In 2010, the Greenville Bridge was opened connecting Refuge with Shives, Arkansas.[5]