Ridgeland in Madison County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Old Agency Road

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

1. Old Agency Road Marker

This is a duplicate of a marker on the east end of Old Agency Road

Inscription. Named for the Choctaw Indian Agency once located in this area, Old Agency Road is a portion of the original road system that formed the old Natchez Trace. Its sunken roadbed and high earthen banks are evocative of the narrow road that linked Natchez to Nashville during the early days of our nation. Once traveled by many early Americans, including such notables as Andrew Jackson, Old Agency Road is listed as a Mississippi Landmark and in the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected 2008 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Landmarks • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program, and the Natchez Trace series lists.

Location. 32° 25.271′ N, 90° 11.922′ W. Marker is in Ridgeland, Mississippi, in Madison County. It is on Old Agency Road east of North Livingston Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 979 Old Agency Road, Ridgeland MS 39157, 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

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 3 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tougaloo College (approx. 2.6 miles away); Greenwood Plantation (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named Tougaloo College (approx. 2.7 miles away); Choctaw Agency (approx. 2.7 miles away); a different marker also named Old Agency Road (approx. 2.9 miles away); a different marker also named Old Agency Road (approx. 2.9 miles away); Clifton/Ash Plantation (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named The Choctaw Agency (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ridgeland.

View from marker west towards North Livingston Road intersection. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

2. View from marker west towards North Livingston Road intersection.

View from marker looking east on Old Agency Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

3. View from marker looking east on Old Agency Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2018. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,191 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.