Alamucha, Mississippi
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
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Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
Alamucha, Mississippi | |
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Toomsuba-Alamucha Volunteer Fire Department | |
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| Coordinates: 32°21′32″N 88°28′07″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Lauderdale |
| Elevation | 315 ft (96 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 691662[1] |
It is located 16 mi (26 km) east of Meridian, and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) west of the Alabama state line.
History
Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek.[2][3][4]
Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County.[5]
A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841.[6][7]
Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850.[8]
Civil War
In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain.[9] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry.[10][11] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas.[12] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha.[13]
Decline
Notable people
- Willard F. McMurray, co-founded Trumpet Records with his wife Lillian McMurry[16][17]