Minter City, Mississippi
| Minter City, Mississippi | |
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 Minter City, Mississippi
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| Coordinates: 33°45′1″N 90°17′40″W / 33.75028°N 90.29444°WCoordinates: 33°45′1″N 90°17′40″W / 33.75028°N 90.29444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| Counties | Leflore |
| Elevation | 138 ft (42 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 38944 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 673683 |
Minter City is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County and in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area, and is within the Mississippi Delta.
Mississippi Highway 8 intersects U.S. Route 49E southwest of Minter City, and the Tallahatchie River flows to the east. There is a post office located on U.S. Route 49E, with a ZIP code of 38944.
Variant names for the original settlement were "Walnut Place Landing" and "Minter City Landing".
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto may have crossed the Tallahatchie River near Minter City as his party traveled west in 1541.
In 1849, James A. Towne bought 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land in the area at a cost of 25 cents per acre, and built a log house on the western shore of the river at Minter City. Known as "Uncle Jimmy", Towne supported the local Methodist church, and was known to give each new preacher a wagon and a mule.
The "James Minter Ferry", documented in 1868, enabled the crossing of the Tallahatchie River at this site.
Minter City became a junction for two railroads, both now abandoned. The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad was established in 1890, and the Minter City Southern and Western Railroad, a shortline railroad servicing the sawmills west of Minter City, began operating in 1904. A depot and railroad facilities were erected in Minter City.
The African-American educator William H. Holtzclaw, founder of the Utica Normal and Industrial Institute for the Training of Colored Young Men and Young Women (now part of Hinds Community College), in Utica, Mississippi, wrote about his experiences establishing schools for African-Americans in Mississippi in his book The Black Man's Burden, published in 1915. In the book, Holtzclaw describes meeting with a wealthy white plantation owner in Minter City to discuss the establishment of a school there:
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