Legion State Park

State park in Mississippi, United States

33°09′05″N 89°02′32″W / 33.151421°N 89.042344°W / 33.151421; -89.042344^[1]Area453 acres (183 ha)^[2]Elevation453 ft (138 m)Established1934Administered byMississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and ParksDesignationMississippi state parkWebsiteOfficial website

Legion State Park

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Location635 Legion State Park Rd., Louisville, MississippiArea120 acres (49 ha)Built1934Built byCCCArchitectural styleRusticMPSState Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC between 1934 - 1942NRHP reference No.98001333Added to NRHPNovember 5, 1998

Legion State Park is public recreation area located on the north edge of the city of Louisville, Mississippi, and adjacent to Tombigbee National Forest.^[3] As Legion State Park Historic District, the state park entered the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2] It is managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

History

The park is one of the original Mississippi state parks developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.^[4] The CCC began creating the park in October 1934; it opened the public in July 1937.^[2] It includes the Legion Lodge, a hand-hewn log structure that has remained unaltered since its construction. Legion Lodge is the oldest structure within a Mississippi state park.^[3]

Activities and amenities

The park features fishing on two small lakes (12 acres (4.9 ha) and 4 acres (1.6 ha)), primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottages, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) nature trail, picnic area, and CCC-era visitors center.^[3]

References

^ "Legion State Park Lake". Fishing & Boating. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Deborah Wise Oakley (August 5, 1998). "Legion State Park". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Legion State Park". Parks and Destinations. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "State Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC between 1934 - 1942". National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. National Park Service. August 15, 1996. Retrieved December 10, 2016. By July, 1935, a total of nine new parks were under construction. These nine were Leroy Percy in Washington County; Tombigbee in Lee County; Clarkco in Clarke County; Legion in Winston County; Tishomingo in Tishomingo County; Holmes County; Roosevelt in Scott County; Spring Lake (later re-named Wall Doxey) in Marshall County; and Percy Quin in Pike County.

External links

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Official website Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Legion State Park Map Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Friends of Legion State Park

Protected areas of Mississippi

Federal

National Historical Parks and national monuments	Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home Natchez
National Battlefields, Military Parks and Battlefield Sites	Brices Cross Roads NBS Shiloh NMP Tupelo NB Vicksburg NMP
National Seashores	Gulf Islands
National Trails	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace Trail
National Forests	Bienville De Soto Delta Holly Springs Homochitto Tombigbee
National Wildlife Refuges	Bogue Chitto Coldwater River Dahomey Grand Bay Hillside Holt Collier Mathews Brake Mississippi Sandhill Crane Morgan Brake Panther Swamp Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee St. Catherine Creek Tallahatchie Theodore Roosevelt Yazoo
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Grand Bay
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Black Creek

State

State Parks	Buccaneer Clark Creek Natural Area Clarkco Florewood George P. Cossar Golden Memorial Grand Gulf Military Great River Road Holmes County Hugh White John W. Kyle J. P. Coleman Lake Lincoln Lake Lowndes LeFleur's Bluff Legion Leroy Percy Natchez Paul B. Johnson Percy Quin Roosevelt Shepard Tishomingo Tombigbee Trace Wall Doxey

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

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