Battle of Honey Springs

Jacinto, founded in 1836, was named after the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution.[3][4][5] Jacinto was located in the geographic center of the original Tishomingo County, Mississippi.[6] 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.[3]

Jacinto is the site of a courthouse built in 1854 in the Federal style as the county courthouse for the original Tishomingo County.[4][6] The courthouse has been refurbished and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[3] 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.[7]

In 1869, Tishomingo was divided into three counties: Tishomingo, Alcorn and Prentiss.[3] Corinth became the county seat of newly established Alcorn County, Iuka of the reduced Tishomingo County, and Booneville of the new county of Prentiss.[3] When the county seat was moved from Jacinto in 1870, the town's importance declined, and town residents and businesses began moving away.[6]

A post office operated under the name Jacinto from 1840 to 1909.[8]

Jacinto appears on the Glens U.S. Geological Survey Map.[9][10]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 52.[11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202052—
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
2020[13]

2020 census

Jacinto CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[13] % 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.

Gallery

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

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jacinto, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ a b c d e Luke Dove: "The Courthouse at Jacinto," Capital Area Bar Association Newsletter, April 2011, https://www.caba.ms/downloads/caba-newsletter-april2011.pdf, pp. 14-15.
  4. ^ a b WLBT-Channel 3, Jackson, Mississippi: Look Around Mississippi - Old Jacinto Courthouse, https://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?S=5997611, 01/26/07.
  5. ^ Courthouselover: Jacinto Marker (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456452660/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Courthouselover: Old Tishomingo County Courthouse (Jacinto, Mississippi), https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4456457422/in/photostream/, photo taken on March 19, 2010.
  7. ^ "Original Records of the Civil War". Ohio State University. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  8. ^ "Alcorn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  9. ^ Mississippi Hometown Locator: https://mississippi.hometownlocator.com/ms/alcorn/jacinto.cfm, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  10. ^ Lat-Long.com: Jacinto, MS, https://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-671757-Mississippi-Jacinto.html, accessed 25 Nov 2011.
  11. ^ "Jacinto CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  12. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  13. ^ a b "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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto,_Mississippi