Shellmound, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Shellmound is located in Mississippi
Shellmound
Shellmound
Shellmound is located in the United States
Shellmound
Shellmound
Coordinates: 33°36′23″N 90°16′47″W / 33.60639°N 90.27972°W / 33.60639; -90.27972
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLeflore
Elevation
135 ft (41 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38930
Area code662
GNIS feature ID692223[1]

Shellmound is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Greenwood and approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Schlater near U.S. Highway 49E.

It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.

History

Shellmound is named for a nearby mound that had a large amount of shells on the surface.[2] The area was possibly the site of a battle between the Chakchiuma and allied Choctaw and Chickasaw.[3] Shellmound was founded as a landing on the Tallahatchie River and was one of the earliest settlements on the Tallahatchie. The community served as a distribution point for the area between the river and McNutt. In the late 1800s, Shellmound had four general stores, a doctor, and a population of 150.[4]

A post office operated under the name Shellmound from 1854 to 1921.[5]

Music

Shellmound is home to one of Leflore County's seven Mississippi Blues Trail markers (at Racetrack Plantation).[6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shellmound, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Brown, Calvin Smith (1926). Archeology of Mississippi. Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi. p. 95.
  3. ↑ Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State. New York, New York: Viking Press. 1938. p. 466.
  4. ↑ Upper Yazoo Projects Reformulation Study. Vicksburg, Mississippi: United States Army Engineer District Vicksburg. 1994. pp. 19–50.
  5. ↑ "Leflore County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "County Blues Markers". Greenwood Commonwealth. December 29, 2011.


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