Official Name: | Suqualena, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Suqualena |
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: | 397 |
Coordinates: | 32.4433°N -88.8264°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 601 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 678439 |
Suqualena, also spelled Sookalena, is an unincorporated community located in central Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States, located approximately 9miles northwest of Meridian on Mississippi Highway 494 and is part of Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Suqualena is named after Suqualena Creek, which is derived from the Choctaw language words meaning either "creek on whose banks are camps" or "poor hog".[1] The community had a depot on the Meridian and Memphis Railway.[2]
In 1921, Suqualena was served by a two-year school.[3]
Suqualena was once home to a 675-acre plantation.[4]
A post office operated under the name Sookalena from 1851 to 1860.[5]
Suqualena is served by the Suqualena Volunteer Fire Department.[6]