Hinchcliff, Mississippi

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Hinchcliff, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Hinchcliff, Mississippi
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Hinchcliff, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°18′35″N90°16′25″W / 34.30972°N 90.27361°W / 34.30972; -90.27361
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Quitman
Elevation
164 ft (50 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID671229 [1]

Hinchcliff is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Hinchcliff is located on Mississippi Highway 3, north of Marks.

Hinchcliff is located on the Canadian National Railway and was once a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. [2] [3]

A post office operated under the name Hinchcliff from 1903 to 1969. [4]

On October 15, 1913, Walter Brownlee was lynched in Hinchcliff after allegedly committing rape. He was later proven innocent. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hinchcliff, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Hinchcliff, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 867.
  4. ↑ "Quitman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Julius Eric (2001). Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. p. 211. ISBN   9780761819226.


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