Yokena in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Yokena Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

1. Yokena Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription.
Organized May 11, 1884, the Church was built on land that was part of a Spanish land grant and given by Mrs. Patty Hyland Gould Hankinson. Dedication was held Aug. 5, 1886. The first pastor, the Rev. C. P. Colmery, served 49 years. "Yokena" is part of the name of the Hyland Plantation, Lucca Yokena, and is Choctaw for "black dirt."

Erected 1976 by the Warrenton 4-H Club.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is May 11, 1884.

Location. 32° 10.404′ N, 90° 56.531′ W. Marker is in Yokena, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on U.S. 61 north of Jeff Davis Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicksburg MS 39180, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and

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the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brierfield and Hurricane (approx. 1.4 miles away); Glass Mounds (approx. 3.9 miles away); Captain Brady Tonth, Jr. (approx. 4.6 miles away); Camp Williamson (approx. 8.2 miles away); The Road to Vicksburg (approx. 9.3 miles away); Tobias Gibson (approx. 9.3 miles away); Federals Occupy Rocky Springs (approx. 9½ miles away); The Town of Rocky Springs (approx. 9½ miles away).

Yokena Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

2. Yokena Presbyterian Church

The church is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

3. The church is listed in the National Register of Historical Places.

The Yokena Presbyterian Church and Marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 26, 2017

4. The Yokena Presbyterian Church and Marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 610 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 28, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.