Hopson, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

34°09′31″N 90°32′47″W / 34.15861°N 90.54639°W / 34.15861; -90.54639CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyCoahomaElevation

167 ft (53 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

38614

Area code662GNIS feature ID671454^[1]

Hopson (also known as Hopson Plantation or Hopson Spur) is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, south of Clarksdale and U.S. Route 61 along U.S. Route 49. Hopson is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.^[2] A post office operated under the name Hopson from 1857 to 1867.^[3] In 1944 The Hopson Planting Company used International Harvester cotton pickers to harvest cotton, becoming the first farm to mechanically cultivate and produce an entire cotton crop.^[4] The former Hopson Plantation Company Store is now operated as a restaurant and music venue.^[5]

Notable person

Pinetop Perkins, blues pianist, worked at Hopson Plantation as a tractor driver^[6]

Gallery

Historical marker in the Hopson community

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopson, Mississippi
^ Howe, Tony. "Hopson's Spur, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ "Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ Judith Coleman Flowers; Carnegie Public Library (March 14, 2016). Clarksdale and Coahoma County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-5503-0.
^ June Davis Davidson (June 3, 2014). Country Stores of Mississippi. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-62585-125-3.
^ "Hopson Planting Co". Mississippi Blues Trail. Retrieved June 9, 2020.