Jacinto, Mississippi

Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named for 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]

Jacinto, Mississippi
Census-designated place
Jacinto Courthouse. Photo by Jack Boucher, 1975.
Jacinto, Mississippi
Jacinto, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°45′35″N 88°25′42″W
Country United States
StateMississippi
CountyAlcorn
Elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total52
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID671757[1]

Jacinto 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.[6]

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.[7]

Jacinto appears on the Glens U.S. Geological Survey Map.[8][9]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 52.[10]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
202052—
U.S. Decennial Census[11]
2020[12]

2020 census
Jacinto CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[12] % 2020
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/Multi-Racial (NH) 1 1.92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1 1.92%
Total 52 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

  • Western façade of the Old Tishomingo County courthouse in Jacinto, 2014
  • Doctor’s Office on the Old Tishomingo County courthouse square in Jacinto, 2014

References
  1. "Jacinto, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Luke Dove: "The Courthouse at Jacinto," Capital Area Bar Association Newsletter, April 2011, http://www.caba.ms/downloads/caba-newsletter-april2011.pdf, pp. 14-15.
  3. WLBT-Channel 3, Jackson, Mississippi: Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse, http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?S=5997611, 01/26/07.
  4. Courthouselover: Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456452660/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  5. Courthouselover: Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456457422/in/photostream/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  6. "Original Records of the Civil War". Ohio State University. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  7. "Alcorn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. Mississippi Hometown Locator: http://mississippi.hometownlocator.com/ms/alcorn/jacinto.cfm, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  9. Lat-Long.com: Jacinto, MS, http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-671757-Mississippi-Jacinto.html, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  10. "Jacinto CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  11. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  12. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Jacinto CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
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