Mashulaville,_Mississippi
Mashulaville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, US
Mashulaville is an unincorporated community in Noxubee County, Mississippi, in the United States.[2]
Mashulaville | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 33°05′12″N 88°44′39″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Noxubee |
| Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 673218[1] |
Mashulaville was named for Mushulatubbee, chief of the Choctaw.[3]
The community is located on Hashuqua Creek and in 1900 had a population of 125. It was once home to three churches, two stores, a saw mill, and cotton gin.[4]
A post office operated under the name Mashulaville from 1838 to 1960.[5]
In the 1960s, Mennonites settled in Mashulaville after founding a mission to the Choctaw.[6] The Mennonites operate the Mashulaville Dormitory, which is housed in the former Noxubee County Agricultural High School. The dormitory provides housing for mission work and serves as a location for community programs.[7]
The Mashulaville Baptist Church is one of the oldest Baptist church structures in Mississippi.[8]
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed near Mashulaville.[6]
William Jernagin, an African-American civil rights activist, was born at Mashulaville in 1869.[9]
- Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 175.
- "Noxubee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- Ladd, Donna (October 29, 2021). "White Flight in Noxubee County: Why School Integration Never Happened". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- "Our Story". mashulaville.org. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- Chiat, Marilyn J. (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 283. ISBN 0-471-14502-5.
- Jones, Ida E. (June 6, 2016). William Henry Jernagin in Washington,: Faith in the Fight for Civil Rights. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-62585-686-9.