Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Alamucha, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°21′32″N 88°28′07″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lauderdale
Elevation	315 ft (96 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	691662[1]

It is located 16 mi (26 km) east of Meridian, and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) west of the Alabama state line.

History

Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek.[2][3][4]

Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County.[5]

A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841.[6][7]

Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850.[8]

Civil War

In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain.[9] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry.[10][11] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas.[12] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha.[13]

Decline

Alamucha began to decline during 1850s and 1860s as railroads were constructed through neighboring communities.[14]

All that remains today at the settlement are some homes along Highway 496, and a station of the Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department.[15]

Notable people

• Willard F. McMurray, co-founded Trumpet Records with his wife Lillian McMurry.[16][17]

References