Mashulaville, Mississippi

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Mashulaville
Unincorporated community
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Mashulaville
Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°05′12″N88°44′39″W / 33.08667°N 88.74417°W / 33.08667; -88.74417
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Noxubee
Elevation
266 ft (81 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID673218 [1]
== Major highways == MS 490 Has an intersection with MS 397

Mashulaville is an unincorporated community in Noxubee County, Mississippi, in the United States. [2]

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History

Mashulaville was named for Mushulatubbee, chief of the Choctaw. [3]

The community is located on Hashuqua Creek and in 1900 had a population of 125. It was once home to three churches, two stores, a saw mill, and cotton gin. [4]

A post office operated under the name Mashulaville from 1838 to 1960. [5]

In the 1960s, Mennonites settled in Mashulaville after founding a mission to the Choctaw. [6] The Mennonites operate the Mashulaville Dormitory, which is housed in the former Noxubee County Agricultural High School. The dormitory provides housing for mission work and serves as a location for community programs. [7]

The Mashulaville Baptist Church is one of the oldest Baptist church structures in Mississippi. [8]

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed near Mashulaville. [6]

Notable person

William Jernagin, an African-American civil rights activist, was born at Mashulaville in 1869. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mashulaville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mashulaville, Mississippi
  3. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 54. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  4. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 175.
  5. ↑ "Noxubee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  6. 1 2 Ladd, Donna (October 29, 2021). "White Flight in Noxubee County: Why School Integration Never Happened". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Our Story". mashulaville.org. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ Chiat, Marilyn J. (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 283. ISBN   0-471-14502-5.
  9. ↑ Jones, Ida E. (June 6, 2016). William Henry Jernagin in Washington,: Faith in the Fight for Civil Rights. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 24. ISBN   978-1-62585-686-9.
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