Cascilla is an unincorporated

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located in

Tallahatchie County Tallahatchie County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,715. Its county seats are Charleston and Sumner. Tallahatchie County is located within the Mississippi Delta. The county is divided ...

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. Cascilla is approximately southeast of Paynes and approximately south of Charleston, at the intersection of Cascilla Road and Smith Road. There is a general store and post office along with several homes in the community.

Jamie L. Whitten Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910September 9, 1995) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented his native state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995. He was at the tim ...

, the second-longest serving U.S. Representative and the fifth-longest serving member of the U.S. Congress, was born in Cascilla.

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Unincorporated communities in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{TallahatchieCountyMS-geo-stub