Hurricane, Mississippi
Hurricane | |
|---|---|
Hurricane's position in Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 34°21′04″N 89°08′52″W / 34.35111°N 89.14778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Pontotoc |
| Elevation | 354 ft (108 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 693562[1] |
Hurricane is an unincorporated community in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It was originally called Esperanza, but the name changed due to being impacted by several severe storms.
History
The Esperanza Post Office was established in 1871[2] and continued into the early 1900s.[3] The population in 1900 was 26.[3] But sometime before 1900, the inhabitants began calling the community "Hurricane" after it was hit by a hurricane season storm from the Gulf of Mexico.[2] The New Prospect Baptist Church, originally housed in a 1880s wood building, was renamed Hurricane Baptist in 1940 when a two-story brick building replaced the prior structure.[4] On April 27, 2011, a tornado touched down in the Esperanza area as part of the 2011 Super Outbreak, but apparently caused no damage.[5]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hurricane, Mississippi
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hurricane news for oct 6". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 689.
- ↑ "Hurricane news". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ Center, Storm Prediction. "Storm Prediction Center Storm Reports Page". www.spc.noaa.gov.
