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'''Pocahontas''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located in northern [[Hinds County, Mississippi]], on U.S. Highway 49. It is located 5 miles south of [[Flora, Mississippi]] and 9 miles north of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], the state capital of [[Mississippi]].
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'''Pocahontas''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located in northern [[Hinds County, Mississippi]] on [[U.S. Route 49]]. It is located {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of [[Flora, Mississippi|Flora]] and {{convert|9|mi|km}} north of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] and part of the [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] [[Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan statistical area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Pocahontas has a [[ZIP code]] 39072.
Pocahontas has a postal code of 39702.

==History==
[[File:Pocahontas Mound A.jpg|thumb|left|Pocahontas Mound A, located in a roadside park in Pocahontas, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Hinds County, Mississippi|National Register of Historic Places]]]]
Pocahontas was founded in the 1880s, and named after [[Pocahontas]], the Native American Indian woman.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baca|first=Keith A.|title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi|url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html|year=2007|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-483-6|page=84}}</ref> Pocahontas is located on the [[Canadian National Railway]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Tony |title=Pocahontas, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Pocahontas.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref>

Two sites in Pocahontas are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: [[Pocahontas Mounds]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pocahontas Mound A |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/poc.htm |website=Indian Mounds of Mississippi |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> and [[Sub Rosa (Pocahontas, Mississippi)|Sub Rosa]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Notable person==
* [[Gene Porter]], jazz musician<ref>{{Cite Grove |last=Rye |first=Howard |date=2003 |title=Porter, Gene [Eugene] |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J359500 |accessdate=May 19, 2021}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[Amtrak]]’s ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'', which operates between [[New Orleans]] and [[Chicago]], passes through the town on [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] tracks, but makes no stop. The [[Jackson station (Mississippi)|nearest station]] is located in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], {{convert|9|mi}} to the south.

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Revision as of 22:41, 7 December 2024

Pocahontas, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Pocahontas is located in Mississippi
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Pocahontas is located in the United States
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Coordinates: 32°28′28″N 90°17′10″W / 32.47444°N 90.28611°W / 32.47444; -90.28611
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHinds
Elevation
[1]
243 ft (74 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39072
Area code601
GNIS feature ID676161[1]

Pocahontas is an unincorporated community located in northern Hinds County, Mississippi on U.S. Route 49. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Flora and 9 miles (14 km) north of Jackson and part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pocahontas has a ZIP code 39072.

History

Pocahontas Mound A, located in a roadside park in Pocahontas, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Pocahontas was founded in the 1880s, and named after Pocahontas, the Native American Indian woman.[2] Pocahontas is located on the Canadian National Railway.[3]

Two sites in Pocahontas are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Pocahontas Mounds[4] and Sub Rosa.[5]

Notable person

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Jackson, 9 miles (14 km) to the south.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pocahontas, Mississippi
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ^ Howe, Tony. "Pocahontas, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Pocahontas Mound A". Indian Mounds of Mississippi. National Park Service. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  6. ^ Rye, Howard (2003). "Porter, Gene [Eugene]". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved May 19, 2021.


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