- Joined
- Dec 16, 2019
- Location
- Corinth MS
Jacinto Mississippi was a little town that was founded in 1836 and was named after the battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revaluation. It was the county Seat for the Tishomingo Territory then later turned into Tishomingo County which encompassed most of north Mississippi. It had a population of about 2,000 people. The community included shops, stores, doctor, hotels, churches, lawyers, and sheriffs and the only sitting court in north Mississippi. The bustling community flourished until the arrival of the railroad in 1854. The demise of the town came in 1854 when the railroad was built 15 miles west to create a new town called Corinth , of which the battle of Shiloh was fought over. The original 1836 federal style courthouse still stands and is about to undergo a full scale restoration back to original.