| Official Name: | Alamucha, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Alamucha |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mississippi##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lauderdale |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 315 |
| Coordinates: | 32.3589°N -88.4686°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 691662 |
Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.
It is located 16miles east of Meridian, and 3.5miles west of the Alabama state line.
Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek.[1] [2] [3]
Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County.[4]
A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841.[5] [6]
Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850.[7]
In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain.[8] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry.[9] [10] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas.[11] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha.[12]
Alamucha began to decline during 1850s and 1860s as railroads were constructed through neighboring communities.[13]
All that remains today at the settlement are some homes along Highway 496, and a station of the Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department.