Stovall, Mississippi Explained

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.

History

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]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Howe . Tony . Stovall, Mississippi . Mississippi Rails . 11 June 2020.
  2. Book: Paul Schullery. The Bear Hunter's Century. 1988. Stackpole Books. 62. GGKEY:J0EG9FBEF9S.
  3. Book: The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America. 1976. U.S. Government Printing Office. 465.
  4. Web site: Coahoma County . Jim Forte Postal History . 11 June 2020.
  5. News: Elder . Robert . The day Muddy Waters heard himself sing the blues . 11 June 2020 . The Chicago Tribune . 19 August 2005.
  6. Book: Calvin S. Brown. Archeology of Mississippi. 5 March 2012. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-61703-349-0. 108.
  7. Book: Mitsutoshi Inaba. Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues. 2011. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6993-6. 73.
  8. Book: Alan Young. Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life. 1997. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-0-87805-944-7. 211.
  9. Book: Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney. The Mid-South and Its Builders: Being the Story of the Development and a Forecast of the Future of the Richest Agricultural Region in the World. 1920. Mid-South Biographic and Historical Association. 626.
  10. Book: Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick. Mississippi Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places. 1 July 2010. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-7627-6563-8. 77.