Marcella is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in Holmes County,

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near the

Yazoo River The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is considered by some to mark the southern boundary of what is called the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before th ...

. Marcella is located near

Mississippi Highway 12 Mississippi Highway 12 (MS 12) is a state highway in northern Mississippi that runs west–east from MS 1 west of Hollandale at the Mississippi River to State Route 18 (SR 18) at the Alabama state line northeast of Columbus. MS 12 travers ...

and is approximately north of Thornton, and approximately south of Tchula. Marcella is named for the Marcella plantation. A post office operated under the name Marcella from 1881 to 1894.

Marion Post Wolcott Marion Post Wolcott (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990) was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation. Early life Marion ...

documented people and scenes from the Marcella plantation in October 1939 as part of her work with the Farm Security Administration.

References

Unincorporated communities in Holmes County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{HolmesCountyMS-geo-stub