Beans Ferry (also Boatrights Ferry ) is an unrelated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. Located on Mississippi Highway 25, 4.5Ã, mi (7.2 km) south of Fulton. Mississippian train passes Beans Ferry.
The village is located on a site on the eastern edge of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (formerly the Tombigbee River), where in the 1800s, Robert Beene operated a ferry. His father, John Beene, was born in 1788, helping the county survey before County Itawamba was formed, and was the first member of the Police Board in the county (elected council).
The ferry was replaced by a bridge in 1923, replaced by a new bridge in 1948. The bridge lasted until the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Water Line in the 1970s.
A large recreation area is located in Beans Ferry, with boat launch, viewing area, pier, parking, and picnic area.
There is an active natural gas field in Beans Ferry.
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