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Yocona Ridge

Ghost town · Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Oakland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:62,500)
Oakland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Yocona Ridge is a ghost town in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It is the only former community in Yalobusha County recorded on the federal names register, out of 415 across Mississippi.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Yocona Ridge as a historical populated place on the Courtland topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.1337° N, 89.8859° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCourtland
Elevation288 ft
Nearest living townOakland, MS
Distance to it5.5 miles
GNIS feature ID679951
Coordinates34.13372, -89.88592

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What's there now

Yocona Ridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oakland, MS (population 399), about 5.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 288 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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