Hinchcliff, Mississippi
Hinchcliff, Mississippi | |
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  Hinchcliff, Mississippi  Hinchcliff, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 34°18′35″N 90°16′25″W / 34.30972°N 90.27361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Quitman |
| Elevation | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 671229[1] |
Hinchcliff is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Hinchcliff is located on Mississippi Highway 3, north of Marks.
Hinchcliff is located on the Canadian National Railway and was once a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[2][3]
A post office operated under the name Hinchcliff from 1903 to 1969.[4]
On October 15, 1913, Walter Brownlee was lynched in Hinchcliff after allegedly committing rape. He was later proven innocent.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hinchcliff, Mississippi
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Hinchcliff, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 867.
- ^ "Quitman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Thompson, Julius Eric (2001). Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. p. 211. ISBN 9780761819226.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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