Okolona in Chickasaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Okolona

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

1. Okolona Marker

Inscription. Founded as Rose Hill 1845. Chartered as Okolona 1850. Named for Chickasaw Indian brave. Scene for three Civil War battles. First Mississippi Cavalry, C.S.A., was organized and equipped here.

Erected 1951 by the Mississippi Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. 33° 59.938′ N, 88° 45.263′ W. Marker is in Okolona, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County. It is on Park Lane Drive south of Adams Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Located within the Confederate Cemetery. Previously located along the South Church Street side of the cemetery and it was restored in the summer of 2014. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 Park Lane Drive, Okolona MS 38860, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Black Prairie

and in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Chickasaw County Confederate Tribute (within shouting distance of this marker); Okolona Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away);

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Okolona in the Civil War (approx. 0.6 miles away); Our Confederate Dead Soldiers' Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Okolona (approx. one mile away); Battle of Okolona (approx. 1.2 miles away); Okolona College (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Okolona.

More about this marker. A similar marker, also dated 1951, erected by the newer name of the Mississippi Historical Commission, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, is located at the East city limits on Highway 41.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Okalona. (Submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

View northerly towards water tower and Adams Avenue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

2. View northerly towards water tower and Adams Avenue

View of marker and the Confederate Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017

3. View of marker and the Confederate Cemetery.

Many of the Confederate dead are from the Battle of Okolona.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 777 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.