Wall Doxey State Park is a public recreation area located off

Mississippi Highway 7 Mississippi Highway 7 (MS 7) runs generally north–south from the Tennessee state line in Benton County to Belzoni, Mississippi. It travels approximately , serving Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshal ...

, south of Holly Springs,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. The state park is centered on Spring Lake.

History

Wall Doxey State Park is one of the original state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

. Originally known as Spring Lake, the park was the eighth park in Mississippi created by the CCC. The CCC began work 1935; the park opened in 1938. Workers with the

National Youth Administration The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency. It focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25. It operated from June 26, 1935 to ...

also contributed to the park's development, adding a cabin in 1938. In 1956, the park was renamed in honor of Mississippi politician

Wall Doxey Wall Doxey (August 8, 1892March 2, 1962) was an American politician from Holly Springs, Mississippi. He served as a Democrat from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1941. After ...

Activities and amenities

The park features lake fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottage, nature trail, picnic area, and two disc golf courses. A narrow levee surrounds a third of the spring-fed lake which, in its shallows, has cypresses and dense vegetation.

References

External links

Wall Doxey State Park
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Wall Doxey State Park Map
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks {{authority control Protected areas of Marshall County, Mississippi State parks of Mississippi Holly Springs, Mississippi Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Mississippi Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Protected areas established in 1935 1935 establishments in Mississippi