Pocahontas
Pocahontas is an unincorporated community located in northern Hinds County, Mississippi on U.S. Route 49. It is located 5 miles south of Flora and 9 miles north of Jackson and part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pocahontas has a ZIP code 39072.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Hinds County, Mississippi
- Also known as: “Pocahontas, Mississippi” and “Pocahontas, MS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pocahontas Mounds.
Pocahontas Mounds
Peak
Photo: nataliemaynor, CC BY 2.0.
Pocahontas Mounds is an archaeological site from the Plaquemine Mississippian culture in Hinds County, Mississippi, dating from 800 to 1300 CE. Two mounds from the site were added to the NRHP on two separate occasions, Pocahontas Mound A on November 25, 1969, as NRIS number 69000365 and Pocahontas Mound B on April 11, 1972, as NRIS number 72000694.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flora.
Flora
Village
Photo: Chillin662, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census, down from 1,886 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named after Flora Mann Jones, an early resident. Flora is situated 5 miles north of Pocahontas.
Pocahontas
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hinds, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.47431° or 32° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-90.2862° or 90° 17′ 10″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)United Nations Location Code
US PH2Open location code
864FFPF7+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 151361766OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4441988Wikidata ID
Q7206255
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Pocahontas” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波卡洪塔斯”
- French: “Pocahontas”
- German: “Pocahontas”
- Persian: “پوکاهونتاس، میسیسیپی”
- Persian: “پوکاهونتاس”
- South Azerbaijani: “پوکاهونتاس، میسیسیپی”
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