Gaines Landing
Vanished settlement · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 33.460, -91.229
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Gaines Landing is an extinct settlement in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States that once hosted a boat landing along the Mississippi River. The location played a role in the story of fugitive slave Margaret Garner, and was used for troop movements during the American Civil War.