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Pontotoc, Mississippi | |
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 Pontotoc County Courthouse in Pontotoc | |
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 Location of Pontotoc, Mississippi | |
  Pontotoc, Mississippi  Pontotoc, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 34°14′55″N 89°0′24″W / 34.24861°N 89.00667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Pontotoc |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.33 sq mi (29.36 km2) |
| • Land | 11.18 sq mi (28.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2) |
| Elevation | 495 ft (151 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,640 |
| • Density | 504.47/sq mi (194.78/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38863 |
| Area code | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-59160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0691601 |
| Website | www |
Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word that means, “Land of the Hanging Grapes.” A section of the city largely along Main Street and Liberty Street has been designated the Pontotoc Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The Treaty of Pontotoc Site is also listed on the National Register.[3] The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek, part of U.S. president Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy, ceded millions of acres of Native American lands and relocated the Chicakasaw west of the Mississippi River.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places : Pontotoc Historic District" (PDF). Apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places : Treaty of Pontotoc Site" (PDF). Apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2023.