Okolona in Chickasaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Okolona
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017
1. Okolona Marker
Erected 1951 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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. 34° 0.105′ N, 88° 44.234′ W. Marker is in Okolona, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County. It is on East Monroe Avenue (Mississippi Route 41) east of South Carter Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 403 East Monroe Avenue, 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: Our Confederate Dead Soldiers' Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Okolona in the Civil War (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Okolona (approx. one mile away); Confederate Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Chickasaw County Confederate Tribute
this page online
More about this marker. This marker shows a date of 1951 but carries the newer name for the original entity that erected it. A similar marker, also dated 1951, erected by the older Mississippi Historical Commission is located at the south city limits on Highway 245 in the Confederate Cemetery.
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Okalona. (Submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017
2. Looking west on Mississippi Highway 41.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017
3. Marker is across the street from this restaurant.
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 674 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
