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Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census.
Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning "land of hanging grapes". The original Natchez Trace and the current-day Natchez Trace Parkway both pass through the southeast corner of Pontotoc County. Pontotoc County is part of the Tupelo , MS Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Location of Pontotoc County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Chickasaw Nation Territory in 1832. The remaining Mississippi lands ceded in the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek was a treaty signed on October 20, 1832 by representatives of the United States and the Chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation assembled at the National Council House on Pontotoc Creek in Pontotoc, Mississippi.
Formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties: Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States: 82,799: 453.1 sq mi (1,174 km 2) Leflore County: 083: Greenwood: LF: 1871: Formed from Carroll and Sunflower Counties: Greenwood LeFlore (1800–1865), Chief of the Choctaw Nation and state senator and ...
MS 9 leaves Pontotoc at an interchange with US 278/MS 6, where it widens to a four-lane divided expressway, and heads northeast through hilly areas to travel through the community of Endville. The highway enters Sherman after an intersection with Magnolia Way (unsigned MS 780), with the expressway end at an interchange with I-22/US 78 (Exit 76).
Randolph is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Randolph is located along Mississippi Highway 9. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census. [3]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [3] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [4]