Yocona is an unincorporated community in Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

History

Yocona was founded in the 1840s, and named after the

Yocona River Yocona River is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is a tributary of the Tallahatchie River. The fish species '' Etheostoma faulkneri'' (Yoknapatawpha darter) is endemic to headwater streams of the Yocona River watershed, being found n ...

. A variant name was "Stringtown".

Notable people

* Pablo Sierra, former

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References

Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Lafayette County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{LafayetteCountyMS-geo-stub