Shellmound, Mississippi
Shellmound, Mississippi | ||
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ZIP code 38930 | ||
| Area code | 662 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 692223[1] | |
Shellmound is an
It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.
History
Shellmound is named for a nearby mound that had a large amount of shells on the surface.[2] The area was possibly the site of a battle between the Chakchiuma and allied Choctaw and Chickasaw.[3] Shellmound was founded as a landing on the Tallahatchie River and was one of the earliest settlements on the Tallahatchie. The community served as a distribution point for the area between the river and McNutt. In the late 1800s, Shellmound had four general stores, a doctor, and a population of 150.[4]
A post office operated under the name Shellmound from 1854 to 1921.[5]
Music
Shellmound is home to one of Leflore County's seven Mississippi Blues Trail markers (at Racetrack Plantation).[6]
Gallery
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O.F. Bledsoe Building located in the community -
Guitar Slim Mississippi Blues Trail marker
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shellmound, Mississippi
- ^ Brown, Calvin Smith (1926). Archeology of Mississippi. Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi. p. 95.
- ^ Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State. New York, New York: Viking Press. 1938. p. 466.
- ^ Upper Yazoo Projects Reformulation Study. Vicksburg, Mississippi: United States Army Engineer District Vicksburg. 1994. pp. 19–50.
- ^ "Leflore County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- ^ "County Blues Markers". Greenwood Commonwealth. December 29, 2011.
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