Palo Alto in Clay County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Palo Alto

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

1. Palo Alto Marker

Inscription. A trade town for local cotton farms during the 19th century. Est. 1846 and incorp. 1852. Declined following shifts in trade to the town of West Point on the M. & O. R. R. and to the nearby village of Abbott.

Erected 1985 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1846.

Location. 33° 40.825′ N, 88° 47.84′ W. Marker is in Palo Alto, Mississippi, in Clay County. It is on Mississippi Route 47 0.3 miles west of Pruitt Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7382 MS-47, West Point MS 39773, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi, in the Black Prairie,

and in the Golden Triangle.

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

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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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Battle of Ellis Bridge (approx. 6.4 miles away); The Lenoir Plantation (approx. 8.2 miles away); Mary Holmes College (approx. 9 miles away); Payne Field Site (approx. 9.2 miles away); Waverley (approx. 9½ miles away); West Point (approx. 10.1 miles away); Clay County World War I Memorial (approx. 10.1 miles away); Howlin' Wolf (approx. 10.1 miles away).

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

2. Palo Alto Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 841 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.