Pinckneyville, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

31°00′58″N 91°28′51″W / 31.01611°N 91.48083°W / 31.01611; -91.48083CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyWilkinsonElevation

239 ft (73 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID675789^[1]

Pinckneyville is an unincorporated community in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Its elevation is 239 feet (73 m).^[1]

The town was named for the prominent Pinckney family of South Carolina, from which many of its settlers came. Charles Pinckney helped draft the US Constitution and served as governor of the state of South Carolina; other members of his family were also political leaders. The settlement of Pinckneyville was mapped by James Wilkinson on his survey of what became the Natchez Trace following the 1801 Treaty of Fort Adams.^[2] The Kempers of the so-called Kemper Rebellion (actually a series of minor border skirmishes and shootings) had an in at Pinckneyville.^[3]

In 1815, the Pinckneyville Academy was established here.^[4]

Education

Wilkinson County School District serves the county.

References

^ ^a ^b "Pinckneyville, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ A Survey of the Route, proposed for the high way from Nashville in the State of Tenessee, to the Grind stone ford of the Bayou Pierre in the Mississippi- Territory NAID: 102279464Local ID: 77-CWMF-102 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/102279464
^ r2WPadmin. "Kemper Rebellion". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 439.