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Grenada Mississippi & Grenada County Area History

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On The Yalobusha River Where The Delta & Hill Country Meet

  

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Grenada County was formed in 1879 from lands taken from Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie and Yalobusha counties. The city of Grenada was the largest town among the 4 counties which formed Grenada County and the natural choice to serve as the new county's seat.
 
The land from which Grenada County was formed was a part of the Choctaw Indian lands ceded to the United States under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. The earliest known white settlers were missionaries who established an Indian mission school in 1815 near what later became the town of Elliot.
  
The first town organized in the area was Chocchuma, where the land office for the sale of the Choctaw Indian lands was located. Born in 1836, Grenada sits at the junction of 2 railroads, which made it quite attractive to the Confederate army during the Civil War. The remains of earthen forts are still visible.
 
In the 1950s, the U.S. Corps of Engineers built Grenada Dam to aid in flood control, but the lake formed (Grenada Lake) also provides a wealth of recreational opportunities.
   
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