Shubuta, Mississippi | |
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 Location of Shubuta, Mississippi | |
  Shubuta, Mississippi Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 31°51′39″N 88°42′2″W / 31.86083°N 88.70056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Clarke |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.41 sq mi (6.25 km2) |
| • Land | 2.41 sq mi (6.25 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 406 |
| • Density | 168.26/sq mi (64.97/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39360 |
| Area code | 601 |
| FIPS code | 28-67520 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0677756 |
Shubuta is a town in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States, which is located on the eastern border of the state. The population was 441 as of the 2010 census,[2] down from 651 at the 2000 census. Developed around an early 19th-century trading post on the Chickasawhay River, it was built near a Choctaw town. Shubuta is a Choctaw word meaning "smokey water".[3]
East of the town is a bridge over the river; it is known as the "Hanging Bridge". It was the site of the 20th-century lynch murders of four young blacks in 1918, two of whom were pregnant women, and two male youths in 1942. National newspapers covered the lynchings, and the NAACP conducted investigations in both cases. No one was prosecuted for the murders. In addition to recognition of historic houses in town, the Shubuta Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in state and national history. A total of 10 blacks were lynched in Clarke County from 1877 to 1950.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shubuta town, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ Primm, Rosalie (August 6, 1981). "Shubuta Clarke County's first Indian Tourist Center". Clarke County Tribune. Retrieved December 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com.