Hopson, Mississippi

Hopson, Mississippi
Hopson, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
	Hopson Plantation
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	Coordinates: 34°09′31″N 90°32′47″W / 34.15861°N 90.54639°WCoordinates: 34°09′31″N 90°32′47″W / 34.15861°N 90.54639°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Coahoma
Elevation	167 ft (53 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38614
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	671454

Hopson (also known as Hopson Plantation or Hopson Spur) is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, south of Clarksdale and U.S. Route 61 along U.S. Route 49. Hopson is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.^[2] A post office operated under the name Hopson from 1857 to 1867.^[3] In 1944 The Hopson Planting Company used International Harvester cotton pickers to harvest cotton, becoming the first farm to mechanically cultivate and produce an entire cotton crop.^[4] The former Hopson Plantation Company Store is now operated as a restaurant and music venue.^[5]

Notable person[]

Pinetop Perkins, blues pianist, worked at Hopson Plantation as a tractor driver^[6]

Gallery[]

Historical marker in the Hopson community

References[]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopson, Mississippi
^ Howe, Tony. "Hopson's Spur, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ Judith Coleman Flowers; Carnegie Public Library (14 March 2016). Clarksdale and Coahoma County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-5503-0.
^ June Davis Davidson (3 June 2014). Country Stores of Mississippi. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-62585-125-3.
^ "Hopson Planting Co". Mississippi Blues Trail. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopson, Mississippi

[2] Howe, Tony. "Hopson's Spur, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[3] "Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[FlowersLibrary2016-4] Judith Coleman Flowers; Carnegie Public Library (14 March 2016). Clarksdale and Coahoma County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-5503-0.

[Davidson2014-5] June Davis Davidson (3 June 2014). Country Stores of Mississippi. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-62585-125-3.

[6] "Hopson Planting Co". Mississippi Blues Trail. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Clarksdale
City	Clarksdale
Towns	Coahoma Friars Point Jonestown Lula Lyon
CDPs	Bobo Dublin Farrell Rena Lara
Other communities	Burke Landing Cagles Crossing Claremont Clover Hill Eagles Nest Hillhouse Hopson Humber Lurand Mattson Moon Lake Pushmataha Landing Rich Roseacres Roundaway Rudyard Sherard Stovall Sunflower Landing
Ghost towns	Delta Ingram‡ Port Royal Wildwood
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Hopson, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Hopson Plantation
Hopson Hopson Show map of MississippiShow map of the United StatesShow all
Coordinates: 34°09′31″N 90°32′47″W / 34.15861°N 90.54639°W / 34.15861; -90.54639Coordinates: 34°09′31″N 90°32′47″W / 34.15861°N 90.54639°W / 34.15861; -90.54639
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Coahoma
Elevation	167 ft (53 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38614
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	671454^[1]