Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named after the
Battle of San Jacinto in the
Texas Revolution.
[Luke Dove: "The Courthouse at Jacinto," ''Capital Area Bar Association Newsletter'', April 2011, https://www.caba.ms/downloads/caba-newsletter-april2011.pdf, pp. 14-15.][WLBT-Channel 3, Jackson, Mississippi: ''Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse'', https://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?S=5997611, 01/26/07.][Courthouselover: ''Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi)'', https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456452660/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.] Jacinto was located in the geographic center of the original
Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
[Courthouselover: ''Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi)'', https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456457422/in/photostream/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.] Within ten years of its founding, Jacinto became a flourishing town with stores, hotels, schools, churches and taverns, serving as the center of government and commerce for the county.
Jacinto is the site of a courthouse built in 1854 in the
Federal style
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...
as the county courthouse for the original
Tishomingo County
Tishomingo County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,593. Its county seat is Iuka.
History
Tishomingo County was organized February 9, 1836, from ...
.
The courthouse has been refurbished and is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
It is open to visitors.
A skirmish occurred on September 7, 1863 in the vicinity of Jacinto between Confederate and Union Cavalry during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
.
In 1869, Tishomingo was divided into three counties: Tishomingo,
Alcorn
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* John Alcorn (singer), Canadian jazz singer
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and
Prentiss.
Corinth
Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part o ...
became the county seat of newly established Alcorn County,
Iuka of the reduced Tishomingo County, and
Booneville of the new county of Prentiss.
When the county seat was moved from Jacinto in 1870, the town's importance declined, and town residents and businesses began moving away.
A post office operated under the name Jacinto from 1840 to 1909.
Jacinto appears on the ''Glens''
U.S. Geological Survey
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Map.
[Mississippi Hometown Locator: https://mississippi.hometownlocator.com/ms/alcorn/jacinto.cfm, accessed 25 Nov 2011.][Lat-Long.com: ''Jacinto, MS'', https://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-671757-Mississippi-Jacinto.html, accessed 25 Nov 2011.]
It was first named as a CDP in the
2020 Census which listed a population of 52.
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
Gallery
Image: Old Tishomingo County courthouse in Jacinto, Mississippi.jpg, Western façade of the Old Tishomingo County courthouse in Jacinto, 2014
Image: Doctor's Office in Old Tishomingo County courthouse square, Jacinto, Mississippi.jpg, Doctor’s Office on the Old Tishomingo County courthouse square in Jacinto, 2014
References
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Unincorporated communities in Alcorn County, Mississippi
Populated places established in 1836
1836 establishments in Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Census-designated places in Alcorn County, Mississippi