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Palo Alto

Ghost town · Clay County, Mississippi

Pheba quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500)
Pheba quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Palo Alto is a ghost town in Clay County, Mississippi, recorded as human settlement in Clay County, Mississippi, United States of America. It is the only former community in Clay County recorded on the federal names register, out of 415 across Mississippi.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Palo Alto as a historical populated place: 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 33.6806° N, 88.8000° W.

Key facts

Elevation284 ft
Nearest living townWest Point, MS
Distance to it9.7 miles
Coordinates33.68056, -88.80000

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What's there now

Palo Alto is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is West Point, MS (population 9,967), about 9.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 284 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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