Rodney, Mississippi -
Ghost Town of Rodney

We entered the town by driving through the Alcorn University campus. Every route in and out (the ones we could find, anyway) puts you on dirt and gravel roads for at least 3 miles. So, make sure your vehicle can handle that and make sure you are there during daylight!

There appear to be 3 old buildings. The old church is surrounded by historical plaques detailing Rodney's historical significance. As others mentioned, this is absolutely not a ghost town. There are trailers and small houses everywhere and a farm not too far away. This is definitely a great stop for lovers of old buildings and civil war history!

You would never guess it now, but Rodney was once a bustling and thriving river port town. It missed becoming the state capital by only three votes. However, today it is pretty much in ruins. There are still a few people who live there, but most of the town itself is abandoned. There are empty buildings, houses, and churches lining the main street in Rodney.

One of the churches still bears the scars of a Civil War gunboat attack and even has a cannonball stuck in the wall.

Rodney is an absolutely amazing place to visit filled with history and reminders of those that lived before us. [Mike Blount, 09/15/2011]

I've visited Rodney, MS several times to photograph it and found it to be a sad, forgotten place. There is so much American history at this place and it's been left to die at the end of a rural road.

Do your best to get there as soon as possible because the buildings are in disrepair and won't last many more years unless something is done. Be sure to hike up the hill behind the brick church to see the old cemetery... a hidden treasure. This "ghost town" should be a historic stop for every history buff in the area and state or federal funds should be granted to stop the decay of what's there... a forgotten treasure of the south's history. [John Majure, Jr., 01/19/2010]

I just couldn't let the comment pass that Rodney was once the largest town between Memphis and New Orleans. This is not true because Natchez, Mississippi and Baton Rouge, Louisiana were always bigger. [H. Clark Burkett, 04/24/2009]

The population of Rodney is definitely not zero. This may not be the town it was in its heyday but as I visited it today there are still residents. My dad and a group from the church spent a week here in 1979 or 1980 after a flood helping rebuild and I heard of this little town many times after he returned home. [Robin Snyder, 09/28/2008]