Jacinto, Mississippi

Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named for the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution.[2][3][4] Jacinto was located in the geographic center of the original Tishomingo County, Mississippi.[5] 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.[2]

Jacinto, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Jacinto Courthouse. Photo by Jack Boucher, 1975.
Jacinto, Mississippi
Jacinto, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°45′35″N 88°25′42″W
Country United States
StateMississippi
CountyAlcorn
Elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID671757[1]

Jacinto is the site of a courthouse built in 1854 in the Federal style as the county courthouse for the original Tishomingo County.[3][5] The courthouse has been refurbished and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[2] 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.[6]

In 1869, Tishomingo was divided into three counties: Tishomingo, Alcorn, and Prentiss.[2] Corinth became the county seat of newly established Alcorn County, Iuka of the reduced Tishomingo County, and Booneville of the new county of Prentiss.[2] When the county seat was moved from Jacinto in 1870, the town's importance declined, and town residents and businesses began moving away.[5]

A post office operated under the name Jacinto from 1840 to 1909.[7]

Jacinto appears on the Glens U.S. Geological Survey Map.[8][9]

  • Western façade of the Old Tishomingo County courthouse in Jacinto, 2014
  • Doctor’s Office on the Old Tishomingo County courthouse square in Jacinto, 2014

References
  1. "Jacinto, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 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.
  3. WLBT-Channel 3, Jackson, Mississippi: Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse, http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?S=5997611, 01/26/07.
  4. Courthouselover: Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456452660/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  5. Courthouselover: Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456457422/in/photostream/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  6. "Original Records of the Civil War". Ohio State University. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  7. "Alcorn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. Mississippi Hometown Locator: http://mississippi.hometownlocator.com/ms/alcorn/jacinto.cfm, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  9. Lat-Long.com: Jacinto, MS, http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-671757-Mississippi-Jacinto.html, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
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