| Official Name: | Jacinto, Mississippi |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA#Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alcorn |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.26 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.26 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.87 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.87 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 52 |
| Population Density Km2: | 22.99 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 59.56 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 171 |
| Elevation Ft: | 561 |
| Coordinates: | 34.7597°N -88.4283°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 28-35340 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 671757 |
Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named after the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution.[2] [3] [4]
Jacinto was located in the geographic center of the original Tishomingo County, Mississippi.[5] Within ten years of its founding, Jacinto became a flourishing town with stores, hotels, schools, churches and taverns, serving as the center of government and commerce for the county.[2] It is the site of a courthouse built in 1854 in the federal style as the county courthouse for the original Tishomingo County.[3] [5] The courthouse has been refurbished and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[2] It is open to visitors.
A skirmish occurred on September 7, 1863 in the vicinity of Jacinto between Confederate and Union Cavalry during the American Civil War.
In 1869, Tishomingo was divided into three counties: Tishomingo, Alcorn and Prentiss.[2] Corinth became the county seat of newly established Alcorn County, Iuka of the reduced Tishomingo County, and Booneville of the new county of Prentiss.[2] When the county seat was moved from Jacinto in 1870, the town's importance declined, and town residents and businesses began moving away.[5]
A post office operated under the name Jacinto from 1840 to 1909.[6]
Jacinto appears on the Glens U.S. Geological Survey Map.[7] [8]
It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 52.[9]
| White alone (NH) | 49 | 94.23% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 1.92% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 1 | 1.92% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1 | 1.92% | |
| Total | 52 | 100.00% |