Kossuth in Alcorn County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Kossuth

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

1. Kossuth Marker

Inscription. Settled in 1840 as New Hope. Name changed to Kossuth in 1853 to honor Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth. Home of Col. M.P. Lowery, found of Blue Mountain College. A skirmish occurred here during the Civil War. Alcorn Agricultural High School was established here in 1908; became Kossuth High School in 1960.

Erected 1996 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • 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 1840.

Location. 34° 52.357′ N, 88° 38.523′ W. Marker is in Kossuth, Mississippi, in Alcorn County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 2) and College Street (County Highway 512), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Corinth MS 38834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically ast Mississippi in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American

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South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Andrew Boyd Dilworth (approx. 4.3 miles away); New Hope Presbyterian Church (approx. 5 miles away); Mississippi (approx. 6.2 miles away); First Rural Electric Power Cooperative (approx. 6½ miles away); Battle of Corinth Battery F (approx. 7.3 miles away); Retreat From Battery F (approx. 7.3 miles away); City Cemetery (approx. 7.3 miles away); Battle of Corinth - 1862 (approx. 7.8 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Battery F (was approx. 7.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Lajos Kossuth. Wikipedia (Submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

2. Kossuth Marker

Louis (Lajos) Kossuth 1847 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse

3. Louis (Lajos) Kossuth 1847

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,796 times since then and 259 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.