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

Hic A Sha Ba Ha Spring

Photographed by Jeff Lovorn, December 14, 2011

1. Hic A Sha Ba Ha Spring Marker

Inscription. Methodist circuit rider Jacob Matthews conducted this area's first Methodist worship service near this site in 1834. The first meeting, held in a grove of sweet gum trees next to a spring known by the Choctaw Indians as Hicashabaha, led to the establishment of the Methodist Church in Boardtown in 1835.

Erected 2008 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 33° 27.769′ N, 88° 49.099′ W. Marker is in Starkville, Mississippi, in Oktibbeha County. It is at the intersection of West Lampkin Street and Wilson Street, on the right when traveling west on West Lampkin Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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 walking distance of this marker: Significant Events in African-American History in Oktibbeha County (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Greensboro Street Historic District (approx. 0.2 miles away); Starkville (approx. ¼ mile away); Louisville Street Cemetery

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(approx. ¼ mile away); Odd Fellows Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Johnny Cash and “Starkville City Jail” (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Starkville.

Marker with FUMC Weekday Ministries in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 4, 2019

2. Marker with FUMC Weekday Ministries in background.

Marker at the First United Methodist Church. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 4, 2019

3. Marker at the First United Methodist Church.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2012, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 992 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 14, 2012, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.