Hinds Community College near Utica in Copiah County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Utica Normal and Industrial Institute

Photographed by Bernard Miller, December 16, 2023

1. Utica Normal and Industrial Institute Marker

Inscription. The Utica Institute, founded by William Holtzclaw in 1903 and moved to this site in 1910, was modeled after the Tuskegee Institute. Booker T. Washington considered Utica a prime example of his vision for African American education. Known by a variety of names, including the Hinds Agricultural High School-Colored and Utica Junior College, the school merged with Hinds Junior College in 1983 to become the Utica Campus of Hinds Community College, while maintaining the traditions of a historically Black college.

Erected 2022 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.

Location. 32° 2.799′ N, 90° 37.36′ W. Marker is near Utica, Mississippi, in Copiah County. It is in Hinds Community College. It is at the intersection of School Drive and Administration Drive, on the right when traveling west on School Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Utica MS 39175, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi, 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Utica (approx. 4.6 miles away); Bear Creek Methodist Church (approx. 6.2 miles away); Final Plans at Cayuga (approx.

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8.8 miles away); Lower Choctaw Boundary (approx. 9.2 miles away); Old Auburn (approx. 9.9 miles away); Historic Crossroads (approx. 9.9 miles away); Concentration of Troops (approx. 10.1 miles away); To The Railroad (approx. 10.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Utica.

More about this marker. The marker is located next to the Hinds Community College bell tower.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2023, by Bernard Miller of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 429 times since then and 49 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on December 16, 2023, by Bernard Miller of Indianapolis, Indiana. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.

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