Mashulaville, Mississippi

Mashulaville
Unincorporated community
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 ID	673218 [1]
== Major highways == Mississippi Highway 490 Mississippi Highway 14 MS 14 is The East end Of MS 490 MS 490 Has an intersection with MS 397

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

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 people

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

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. 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.