Blackland, Mississippi

Blackland, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°38′24″N 88°39′57″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Prentiss
Elevation	436 ft (133 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	667247[1]

Blackland is an unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

One of the earliest settlers in Blackland was Joshua Bowdry from Kentucky, who settled in the area in 1844. He named the community Blackland after the area's rich soil, which makes up the Blackland Prairie ecoregion.[2]

In 1900, Blackland had a population of 25.[3]

Blackland School opened in 1857.[2] In 1956, the school served Grades 1–8.[4]

The Blackland Methodist Church was founded in 1857.[5] In 1933, the building was dismantled and moved 100 yards south to its present location. In 2015, it was purchased by a local family and converted into a community center.[6]

A post office operated under the name Blackland from 1884 to 1905.[7]

On June 4, 1862, a skirmish was fought in Blackland prior to the Battle of Booneville. The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment participated in this skirmish.[5]

Notes

1. "Blackland, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Prentiss County". msgw.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
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. 248.
4. "Blackland (campus)". egrove.olemiss.edu. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
5. "Blackland Church and Cemetery". hmdb.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
6. "Blackland Methodist Church". hmdb.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
7. "Prentiss County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 24, 2024.