Mound Landing, Mississippi

Mound Landing is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.

A ferry landing was located at the settlement, with a ramp which permitted vehicles to pass over the top of the levee.

[6] In April 1927, as water levels on the Mississippi River began to rise due to heavy rains, an unknown number of Negro prisoners were brought in chains to Mound Landing by the National Guard to fill sandbags at gunpoint in an effort to reinforce the levee.

On April 21, the levee at Mound Landing broke, killing at least 100 prisoners and carrying their bodies several miles from the settlement.

[10] All that remains at Mound Landing is a boatramp located on private property owned by a hunting club.

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 began at this break in the Mississippi River levee at Mound Landing.
Map of Mississippi highlighting Bolivar County