Pocahontas, Mississippi

Pocahontas is an unincorporated community located in northern Hinds County, Mississippi on U.S. Route 49. It is located south of Flora and north of Jackson and part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pocahontas has a ZIP code 39072.

History

Pocahontas was founded in the 1880s, and named after Pocahontas, the Native American Indian woman. Pocahontas is located on the Canadian National Railway.
Two sites in Pocahontas are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Pocahontas Mounds and Sub Rosa.

Notable people

Gene Porter, jazz musician
Arthur Guyton, physiologist, died in Pocahontas

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Jackson, to the south.