Shellmound, Mississippi

Shellmound, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°36′23″N 90°16′47″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Leflore
Elevation [1]	131 ft (40 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38930
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	692223[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]

Gallery

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  O.F. Bledsoe Building located in the community
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  Guitar Slim Mississippi Blues Trail marker

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.