Pocahontas, Mississippi

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. Although it is unincorporated, Pocahontas has a ZIP code of 39072.

Pocahontas, Mississippi
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Coordinates: 32°28′28″N 90°17′10″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHinds
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39072
Area code(s)601
GNIS feature ID676161[1]

Pocahontas was founded in the 1880s, and named after Pocahontas, the Native American Indian woman.[2]

References

  1. 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.
Pocahontas Mound A, located in a roadside park in Pocahontas, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.