Hopson, Mississippi
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Hopson, Mississippi
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Hopson Plantation
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Coordinates: 34°09′31″N 90°32′47″W / 34.15861°N 90.54639°W / 34.15861; -90.54639 | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Coahoma |
Elevation
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167 ft (53 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST) ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code |
38614
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Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 671454 [1] |
Hopson (also known as Hopson Plantation or Hopson Spur ) is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi , United States, south of Clarksdale and U.S. Route 61 along U.S. Route 49 . Hopson is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad . [2] A post office operated under the name Hopson from 1857 to 1867. [3] In 1944 The Hopson Planting Company used International Harvester cotton pickers to harvest cotton, becoming the first farm to mechanically cultivate and produce an entire cotton crop. [4] The former Hopson Plantation Company Store is now operated as a restaurant and music venue. [5]
Notable person
- Pinetop Perkins , blues pianist , worked at Hopson Plantation as a tractor driver [6]
Gallery
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Historical marker in the Hopson community
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopson, Mississippi
- ↑ Howe, Tony. "Hopson's Spur, Mississippi" . Mississippi Rails . Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ "Coahoma County" . Jim Forte Postal History . Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Judith Coleman Flowers; Carnegie Public Library (March 14, 2016). Clarksdale and Coahoma County . Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-5503-0 .
- ↑ June Davis Davidson (June 3, 2014). Country Stores of Mississippi . Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-62585-125-3 .
- ↑ "Hopson Planting Co" . Mississippi Blues Trail . Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
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Coahoma County, Mississippi
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