Jacinto, Mississippi

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Jacinto, Mississippi
Census-designated place
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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 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 for the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution. [3] [4] [5] 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]

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Jacinto 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.%±
2020 52—
U.S. Decennial Census [12]
2020 [13]

2020 census

Jacinto CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / EthnicityPop 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/Multi-Racial (NH)11.92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)11.92%
Total52100.00%

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 can be of any race.

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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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Luke Dove: "The Courthouse at Jacinto," Capital Area Bar Association Newsletter, April 2011, http://www.caba.ms/downloads/caba-newsletter-april2011.pdf, pp. 14-15.
  4. 1 2 WLBT-Channel 3, Jackson, Mississippi: Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse, http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?S=5997611, 01/26/07.
  5. ↑ Courthouselover: Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456452660/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 Courthouselover: Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456457422/in/photostream/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Original Records of the Civil War". Ohio State University. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Alcorn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Mississippi Hometown Locator: http://mississippi.hometownlocator.com/ms/alcorn/jacinto.cfm, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  10. ↑ Lat-Long.com: Jacinto, MS, http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-671757-Mississippi-Jacinto.html, accessed 25 Nov 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 .
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