Sucarnoochee is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States. Its post office [2] has been closed. It was also known as Sucarnooche.
Sucarnoochee, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 32°43′52″N 88°28′23″W / 32.73111°N 88.47306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Kemper |
Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 678379[1] |
The community was named from its location near the Sucarnoochee River.[3]
Sucarnoochee is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway.[4] In 1900, Sucarnoochee's population was 92.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Sucarnoochee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Sucarnoochee Mississippi post office". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (June 1, 2007). Native American place names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-57806-954-5.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Sucarnochee, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 747.