Cairo

Cairo is a hamlet in Prentiss, Mississippi. Cairo is situated nearby to the hamlet Holcut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holcut and Jacinto.

Holcut

Hamlet

Holcut was a small town in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. In 1975, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bought out and demolished the town because it lay in the path of the Divide Cut, a 29-mile canal section of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, which was constructed between 1972 and 1984. Holcut is situated 2½ miles east of Cairo.

Jacinto

Hamlet

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Jacinto is an unincorporated community in Alcorn County, Mississippi, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Jacinto had a population of 52. It was founded in 1836, and was named after the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revolution. Jacinto is situated 5 miles northwest of Cairo.

Cairo

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Clausell Hill” and “Odum Hill”
Category: locality
Location: Prentiss, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.72676° or 34° 43′ 36″ north

Longitude

-88.3481° or 88° 20′ 53″ west

Elevation

522 feet (159 metres)

Open location code

866HPMG2+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153360149

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4420272

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