Yocona, Mississippi

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Yocona, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Yocona
Coordinates: 34°16′41″N89°24′53″W / 34.27806°N 89.41472°W / 34.27806; -89.41472
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Lafayette
Elevation
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322 ft (98 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID695229 [1]

Yocona is an unincorporated community in Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1]

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History

Yocona was founded in the 1840s, and named after the Yocona River. [2] A variant name was "Stringtown". [1]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yocona, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 134. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ↑ "Three Must-See Films at the Oxford Film Festival". HottyToddy.com. February 9, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2022.


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