Alamucha, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 32°21′32″N 88°28′07″W / 32.35889°N 88.46861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Lauderdale |
Elevation | 315 ft (96 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 691662 [1] |
Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. [1]
It is located 16 mi (26 km) east of Meridian, and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) west of the Alabama state line.
Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek. [2] [3] [4]
Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County. [5]
A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841. [6] [7]
Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850. [8]
In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain. [9] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry. [10] [11] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas. [12] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha. [13]
Alamucha began to decline during 1850s and 1860s as railroads were constructed through neighboring communities. [14]
All that remains today at the settlement are some homes along Highway 496, and a station of the Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. [15]
Alamucha, Mississippi | |
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![]() Toomsuba-Alamucha Volunteer Fire Department | |
Coordinates: 32°21′32″N 88°28′07″W / 32.35889°N 88.46861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Lauderdale |
Elevation | 315 ft (96 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 691662 [1] |
Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. [1]
It is located 16 mi (26 km) east of Meridian, and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) west of the Alabama state line.
Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek. [2] [3] [4]
Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County. [5]
A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841. [6] [7]
Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850. [8]
In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain. [9] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry. [10] [11] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas. [12] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha. [13]
Alamucha began to decline during 1850s and 1860s as railroads were constructed through neighboring communities. [14]
All that remains today at the settlement are some homes along Highway 496, and a station of the Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. [15]