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Jacinto, Mississippi
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Jacinto Courthouse. Photo by Jack Boucher, 1975.
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Jacinto, Mississippi
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Jacinto, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°45′35″N88°25′42″W / 34.75972°N 88.42833°W / 34.75972; -88.42833
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
County Alcorn
Area
[1]
  Total0.87 sq mi (2.26 km2)
  Land0.87 sq mi (2.26 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total52
  Density59.56/sq mi (22.99/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code 28-35340
GNIS feature ID671757 [2]

Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named after the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution. [3] [4] [5]

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Jacinto was located in the geographic center of the original Tishomingo County, Mississippi. [6] Within ten years of its founding, Jacinto became a flourishing town with stores, hotels, schools, churches and taverns, serving as the center of government and commerce for the county. [3] It is the site of a courthouse built in 1854 in the federal style as the county courthouse for the original Tishomingo County. [4] [6] The courthouse has been refurbished and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [3] It is open to visitors.

A skirmish occurred on September 7, 1863 in the vicinity of Jacinto between Confederate and Union Cavalry during the American Civil War. [7]

In 1869, Tishomingo was divided into three counties: Tishomingo, Alcorn and Prentiss. [3] Corinth became the county seat of newly established Alcorn County, Iuka of the reduced Tishomingo County, and Booneville of the new county of Prentiss. [3] When the county seat was moved from Jacinto in 1870, the town's importance declined, and town residents and businesses began moving away. [6]

A post office operated under the name Jacinto from 1840 to 1909. [8]

Jacinto appears on the Glens U.S. Geological Survey Map. [9] [10]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 52. [11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 52
U.S. Decennial Census [12]
2020 [13]

2020 census

Jacinto CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020 [13] % 2020
White alone (NH)4994.23%
Black or African American alone (NH)00.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)11.92%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)00.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)11.92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)11.92%
Total52100.00%

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References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. "Jacinto, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Luke Dove, "The Courthouse at Jacinto", Capital Area Bar Association Newsletter, April 2011, pp. 14-15.
  4. 1 2 "Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse", WBLT.com, January 26, 2007. Accessed May 15, 2024.[ dead link ]
  5. Photo taken on March 19, 2010 of Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi), flickr.com. Accessed May 15, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Photo taken on March 19, 2010 of Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi), flickr.com. Accessed May 15, 2024.
  7. "Original Records of the Civil War". Ohio State University. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  8. "Alcorn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  9. Mississippi Hometown Locator. Accessed November 25, 2011.
  10. Jacinto, MS, lat-long.com. Accessed November 25, 2011.
  11. "Jacinto CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  12. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  13. 1 2 "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Jacinto CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.