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Galen

Ghost town · Sunflower County, Mississippi

Mound Bayou quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Mound Bayou quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Galen is a ghost town in Sunflower County, Mississippi. It is one of 9 former communities in Sunflower County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 57 Mississippi counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Galen as a historical populated place on the Drew topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.7834° N, 90.5348° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDrew
Elevation137 ft
Nearest living townDrew, MS
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID707737
Coordinates33.78345, -90.53481

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What's there now

Galen is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Drew, MS (population 2,186), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 137 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Galen?

Galen is in Sunflower County, Mississippi, at 33.7834, -90.5348.

How many ghost towns are in Sunflower County?

Sunflower County, Mississippi has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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