Near Starkville in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Sessums

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 12, 2024

1. Sessums Marker

Inscription. This small community was named for Captain S. D. Sessums, a Confederate veteran who. owned a large amount of land in this area. The Sessums community developed around a branch line of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, which ran from Artesia to Starkville after the Civil War. In its heyday, the Sessums community included several stores, a post office, church, school, cotton gin, railroad depot, and horse track. Sessums was once known as a dairy center for Oktibbeha County.

Erected 2017 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list.

Location. 33° 25.1′ N, 88° 42.886′ W. Marker is near Starkville, Mississippi, in Oktibbeha County. It is on Sessums Road 0.1 miles north of Sessums Circle, on the left when traveling north. Marker is at Sessums Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2060 Sessums Rd, Starkville MS 39759, 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 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Needmore Community (approx. 5.9 miles away); Nash Street Historic District (approx. 6 miles away); B.L. Moor High School

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(approx. 6 miles away); Oktibbeha County Blues (approx. 6.1 miles away); The Borden Milk Plant (approx. 6.3 miles away); Overstreet School District (approx. 6.4 miles away); Oktibbeha Gardens (approx. 6.4 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Starkville.

Also see . . . History of Sessums Community through 1976. A historical paper on the community's past. (Mrs. Morris Seitz; via Yumpu) (Submitted on April 7, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 12, 2024

2. Sessums Marker

Sessums Community Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 12, 2024

3. Sessums Community Center

Sessums Methodist Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 12, 2024

4. Sessums Methodist Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 569 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 7, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.