Hinchcliff, Mississippi

Hinchcliff, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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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 ID	671229 [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]

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.