Corinth - Corinth, ALcorn County, MS
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krsmith2
N 34° 56.372 W 088° 31.138
16S E 361284 N 3867391
Corinth started out as Cross City in 1854.
Waymark Code: WMHG5X
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2013
Views: 4
Began 1854 as Cross City, Proximity to Tennessee River and the railroads made it of great strategic value during the Civil War. Battle of Corinth fought here, Oct. 3-4, 1862.
Note:
A different marker on Main Street. This is a second marker in a different location. The first marker N 34* 56.040 W 088* 31.261 is located by a parking lot near the RailRoad Depot, on N. Fillmore Street [State 145] before Cruise Street. The second marker N 34* 56.372 W 088* 31.138 is located in the median of the road [Main Street also state 145] at the end of N. Fillmore Street in front of First Baptist Church. There is approx. 7 blocks different in these markers, approx. 0.6 mile.
Date Installed:: 1952
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commission
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