McNutt is an

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located in

Leflore County Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,317. The county seat is Greenwood. The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his peo ...

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. McNutt is located west of Schlater, just off Mississippi Highway 442. It is part of the

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History

McNutt was named for McNutt Lake, which was in turn named for Alexander McNutt, the

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from 1838 to 1842. McNutt served as the first county seat of

Sunflower County Sunflower County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,450. Its largest city and county seat is Indianola. Sunflower County comprises the Indianola, MS Micropolitan Statistical Are ...

when the county was formed in 1844. The first courthouse was a

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, which was eventually replaced by a brick building. When Leflore County was formed in 1871 from portions of Carroll, Sunflower and Tallahatchie counties, the courthouse records and building became property of the new county. After Greenwood became the county seat of Leflore County, the former county buildings in McNutt were sold and became private property. The former courthouse was then used as a

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, school building, church, and

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. During the

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troops passed through McNutt as part of the Yazoo Pass expedition. McNutt was essentially abandoned when it was bypassed by the

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. The community was once home to a Catholic church that was part of the Diocese of Natchez and was served occasionally by a priest from Yazoo. A post office operated under the name McNutt from 1847 to 1909. In 1900, the community had a population of 62.

References

Unincorporated communities in Leflore County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area {{LefloreCountyMS-geo-stub