Alamucha, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Toomsuba-Alamucha Volunteer Fire Department
Toomsuba-Alamucha Volunteer Fire Department
Alamucha is located in Mississippi
Alamucha
Alamucha
Location in Mississippi
Alamucha is located in the United States
Alamucha
Alamucha
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°21′32″N 88°28′07″W / 32.35889°N 88.46861°W / 32.35889; -88.46861
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLauderdale
Elevation
315 ft (96 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691662[1]

Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

It is located 16 mi (26 km) east of Meridian, and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) west of the Alabama state line.

History

Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek.[2][3][4]

Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County.[5]

A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841.[6][7]

Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850.[8]

Civil War

In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain.[9] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry.[10][11] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas.[12] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha.[13]

Decline

Alamucha began to decline during 1850s and 1860s as railroads were constructed through neighboring communities.[14]

All that remains today at the settlement are some homes along Highway 496, and a station of the Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department.[15]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alamucha
  2. ^ Davis Davidson, June; Putnam, Richelle (2013). Legendary Locals of Meridian. Arcadia. p. 7. ISBN 9781467100793.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 58.
  4. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 3. ISBN 9781604734836.
  5. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 57.
  6. ^ The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America. Vol. V. C.C. Little and J. Brown. 1850. p. 280.
  7. ^ Register of All Officer and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1841. p. 241.
  8. ^ Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. Clarion Steam Printing. 1882. pp. 493, 534.
  9. ^ Wynne, Ben (2006). Mississippi's Civil War: A Narrative History. Mercer University Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780881460391.
  10. ^ Tucker, Phillip Thomas (2013). Barksdale's Charge: The True High Tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Casemate. pp. 168, 169. ISBN 9781612001807.
  11. ^ Busey, John W.; Busey, Travis W. (2016). Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg. McFarland. p. 693. ISBN 9781476624365.
  12. ^ "The Seven McElroys of the Thirteenth Mississippi Infantry C.S.A." Mississippi Signals C.S.A. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  13. ^ "Merrehope, Circa 1858". Meridian Restorations Foundation. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  14. ^ "Extinct Towns & Villages of Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  15. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
  16. ^ "Trumpet Records - Jackson". Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  17. ^ Ryan, Marc W. (2004). Trumpet Records. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 6, 7. ISBN 9781617035258.
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