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 west 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° 25.882′ N, 90° 8.991′ W. Marker is in Ridgeland, Mississippi, in Madison County. It is on Old Agency Road west of Highland Colony Parkway, on the right when traveling west. Located near the entrance to

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the St Andrews Episcopal School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 370 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Old Agency Road (here, next to this marker); The Choctaw Agency (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Choctaw Agency (approx. 0.2 miles away); Greenwood Plantation (approx. 0.3 miles away); Clifton/Ash Plantation (approx. 0.7 miles away); Historic Churches (approx. 0.8 miles away); Wesley Chapel Methodist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Pecan – Our City Tree

Looking west on Old Agency Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

2. Looking west on Old Agency Road.

(approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ridgeland.

View from marker east towards Highland Colony Parkway and downtown Ridgeland. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

3. View from marker east towards Highland Colony Parkway and downtown Ridgeland.

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 502 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.