Jacinto, Mississippi

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Jacinto, Mississippi
Village
Coordinates: 34°45′35″N 88°25′42″W / 34.75972°N 88.42833°W / 34.75972; -88.42833Coordinates: 34°45′35″N 88°25′42″W / 34.75972°N 88.42833°W / 34.75972; -88.42833
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Alcorn
Elevation 561 ft (171 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named for the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution.[1][2][3] Jacinto was located in the geographic center of the original Tishomingo County, Mississippi.[4] 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.[1]

In 1869, Tishomingo was divided into three counties: Tishomingo, Alcorn, and Prentiss counties.[1] Corinth became the county seat of newly established Alcorn County, Iuka of the reduced Tishomingo County, and Booneville of the new county of Prentiss.[1] When the county seat was moved from Jacinto in 1870, the town's importance declined, and town residents and businesses began moving away.[4]

Jacinto is the site of a courthouse built in 1854 in the Federal style as the county courthouse for the original Tishomingo County.[2][4] The courthouse has been refurbished and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It is open to visitors.

Jacinto appears on the Glens U.S. Geological Survey Map.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WLBT-Channel 3, Jackson, Mississippi: Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse, http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?S=5997611, 01/26/07.
  3. ↑ Courthouselover: Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi), http://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456452660/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Courthouselover: Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi), http://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456457422/in/photostream/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ Mississippi Hometown Locator: http://mississippi.hometownlocator.com/ms/alcorn/jacinto.cfm, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  6. ↑ Lat-Long.com: Jacinto, MS, http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-671757-Mississippi-Jacinto.html, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
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