Yokena Presbyterian Church - Vicksburg, MS
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Markerman62
N 32° 10.405 W 090° 56.530
15S E 694024 N 3561513
Located on US 61 near Jeff Davis Road, south of Vicksburg
Waymark Code: WM13FGY
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2020
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Organized May 11, 1884, the Church was built on land that was part of a Spanish land grant and given by Mrs. Patty Hyland Gould Hankinson. Dedication was held Aug. 5, 1886. The first pastor, the Rev. C. P. Colmery, served 49 years. "Yokena" is part of the name of the Hyland Plantation, Lucca Yokena, and is Choctaw for "black dirt."
Date Installed:: 1976
Organization that placed the object:: Warrenton 4-H Club
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