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Yocona, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°16′41″N 89°24′53″W / 34.27806°N 89.41472°W / 34.27806; -89.41472
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lafayette
Elevation	322 ft (98 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	695229

Yocona is an unincorporated community in Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

History

Yocona was founded in the 1840s, and named after the Yocona River. A variant name was "Stringtown".

Notable people

• Pablo Sierra, former long-distance runner

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yocona, Mississippi
2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
3. "Three Must-See Films at the Oxford Film Festival". HottyToddy.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Oxford
City	Oxford
Towns	Abbeville Taylor
CDPs	Paris Tula University
Other communities	Denmark Harmontown Springdale Yocona
Ghost town	Dogtown Orwood Riverside
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