Church Hill, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
 Christ Church, completed in 1858 | |
  Church Hill  Church Hill | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′59″N 91°14′17″W / 31.71639°N 91.23806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Jefferson |
| Elevation | 213 ft (65 m) |
| Population (1900) | |
| • Total | 107[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 601 & 769 |
| GNIS feature ID | [2] |
Church Hill is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States.[2] It is located eight miles east of the Mississippi River and approximately 18 miles north of Natchez at the intersection of highway 553 and Church Hill Road.[3] Church Hill was a community of wealthy cotton planters and enslaved people before the American Civil War.[3][1] Soil erosion, which had been going on since well before the Civil War, caused the area to decline into a poor farming community with none of the land under cultivation by 1999.[3] The area is remarkable because its antebellum buildings are mostly intact with few modern buildings having been built.[3]
- ^ a b Brown, Ann. "Church Hill Jefferson County Tidbits # 26 & # 27 From the WPA Records". jeffersoncountyms.org. MSGenWeb. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Church Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c d Miller, Mary. "Church Hill Rural Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Retrieved October 31, 2017.