Kewanee, Mississippi

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|subdivision_name2 = Lauderdale

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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Kewanee is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.{{cite gnis|691977|Kewanee, Mississippi}} Kewanee is located along U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 80 {{convert|16|mi|km}} east-northeast of Meridian.{{cite map |publisher=Mississippi Department of Transportation |title=Lauderdale County, Mississippi General Highway Map |url=http://sp.mdot.ms.gov/Office%20of%20Highways/Planning/Maps/County%20Highway%20Maps/Lauderdale.pdf |trans-title=|language= |format=PDF |edition= |date= |year=2012 |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |pages= |section= |inset= |accessdate=May 27, 2013 |isbn= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}} The community is located on the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad and in 1900 had a population of 50 people.{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://archive.org/details/mississippicomp01rowlgoog/page/n5 | volume = 1 | page = 1001}}

The community's name may be a transfer from Kewanee, Illinois.{{cite book|last=Baca|first=Keith A.|title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi|url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html|year=2007|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-483-6|page=48}}

The Simmons & Wright Company, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Kewanee.