Holcut, Mississippi

Holcut was a small town located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.[1] In 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bought out and demolished the town because it lay in the path of the Divide Cut, a 29-mile (47 km) canal section of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, which was constructed between 1972 and 1984.[2][3]

Holcut MemorialStone obelisk erected at the site
A view of the Divide Cut of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway from the Holcut Memorial site

After the town was demolished, the Corps of Engineers established a Holcut memorial next to the canal near the site of the town.[4][5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Holcut, Mississippi
  2. "History of the Tenn-Tom". Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  3. Geoffrey Smith. "The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: A Critical Study". University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  4. "Holcut Memorial Park" (pdf). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  5. "Divide Cut" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

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