Hinchcliff, Mississippi
Hinchcliff is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Hinchcliff is located on Mississippi Highway 3, north of Marks.
Hinchcliff is located on the Canadian National Railway and was once a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.
A post office operated under the name Hinchcliff from 1903 to 1969.
On October 15, 1913, Walter Brownlee was lynched in Hinchcliff after allegedly committing rape. He was later proven innocent.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hinchcliff, Mississippi
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Hinchcliff, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 867.
- ^ "Quitman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Thompson, Julius Eric (2001). Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. p. 211. ISBN 9780761819226.
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