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Yocona, Mississippi

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Coordinates: 34°16′41″N 89°24′53″W / 34.27806°N 89.41472°W / 34.27806; -89.41472
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Yocona is an unincorporated community in Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

History

Yocona was founded in the 1840s, and named after the Yocona River.[2] A variant name was "Stringtown".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yocona
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

34°16′41″N 89°24′53″W / 34.27806°N 89.41472°W / 34.27806; -89.41472


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