title: Peyton, Tunica County, Mississippi
text: # Peyton, Tunica County, Mississippi
  
  Peyton is a ghost town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States.
  
  Once a thriving port on the Mississippi River, Peyton today is covered by farmfield, forest, and a portion of the Mississippi Levee. Nothing remains of the original settlement but a church called “Rising Sun Baptist Church”. Where some original members and decedents of original members still attend. They even have a “Coming Home” service every year.
  
  After a damaging flood in Commerce in 1843, the county seat was temporarily moved to Peyton. Six months later, it was moved back to Commerce.
  
  