Mashulaville, Mississippi Explained

Mashulaville
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:USA Mississippi
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Mississippi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Noxubee
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:266
Coordinates:33.0867°N -88.7442°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:673218

Mashulaville is an unincorporated community in Noxubee County, Mississippi, in the United States.

History

Mashulaville was named for Mushulatubbee, chief of the Choctaw.[1]

The community is located on Hashuqua Creek and in 1900 had a population of 125. It was once home to three churches, two stores, a saw mill, and cotton gin.[2]

A post office operated under the name Mashulaville from 1838 to 1960.[3]

In the 1960s, Mennonites settled in Mashulaville after founding a mission to the Choctaw. The Mennonites operate the Mashulaville Dormitory, which is housed in the former Noxubee County Agricultural High School. The dormitory provides housing for mission work and serves as a location for community programs.[4]

The Mashulaville Baptist Church is one of the oldest Baptist church structures in Mississippi.[5]

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed near Mashulaville.[6]

Notable person

William Jernagin, an African-American civil rights activist, was born at Mashulaville in 1869.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Baca, Keith A.. Native American Place Names in Mississippi. 2007. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-60473-483-6. 54.
  2. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 1907 . 2 . 175.
  3. Web site: Noxubee County . Jim Forte Postal History . 18 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Our Story . mashulaville.org . 19 January 2024.
  5. Book: Chiat . Marilyn J. . America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community . 1997 . John Wiley & Sons . New York . 0-471-14502-5 . 283 .
  6. News: Ladd . Donna . White Flight in Noxubee County: Why School Integration Never Happened . 19 January 2024 . Mississippi Free Press . October 29, 2021.
  7. Book: Jones, Ida E.. William Henry Jernagin in Washington,: Faith in the Fight for Civil Rights. 6 June 2016. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. 978-1-62585-686-9. 24.