Egypt, Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Egypt, also known as Pikeville, is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. Egypt is 7 miles (11 km) south of Okolona.

Egypt, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Egypt Egypt
Coordinates: 33°53′54″N 88°43′47″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Chickasaw
Elevation	305 ft (93 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	669700[1]

Egypt is located on the former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was home to a depot.[2] Egypt also had two churches, an academy, a broom factory, a grist mill, and a Munger System cotton gin.[3]

A post office operated under the name Pikeville from 1844 to 1859 and under the name Egypt from 1859 to 1979.[4]

The Battle of Egypt Station was fought on December 28, 1864, when Brigadier General Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry division defeated an outnumbered Confederate force led by Samuel J. Gholson and Franklin Gardner. The Union raiders were intent on damaging the railroad before heading southwest to Vicksburg.

This community was devastated by EF-3 tornadoes on April 27, 2011.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Egypt, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
2. Howe, Tony. "Egypt, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 671.
4. "Chickasaw County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 May 2020.