Official Name: | Stovall, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Stovall |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Coahoma |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 53 |
Elevation Ft: | 174 |
Coordinates: | 34.2967°N -90.6447°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38614 |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 692248 |
Stovall, also known as Prarieville,[1] is an unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, along Mississippi Highway 1, 7miles north of Sherard and approximately 6miles south of Friars Point.
Stovall is named after the Stovall family, who owned the land where the railroad depot was located.[2] It is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and in 1910 was home to two general stores.[1] The Stovall Gin Company once operated a cotton gin in Stovall.[3]
Although Stovall is unincorporated, it has a ZIP code of 38614. A post office operated under the name Prarieville from 1878 to 1885 and began operating under the name Stovall in 1885.[4]
Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax recorded Muddy Waters in 1941 and 1942 in Stovall.[5]
Carson Mounds, a large Mississippian culture archaeological site, is located in Stovall.[6]