Historical Marker
Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School
Wesson, Copiah County · Mississippi
Erected by Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2016
Two counties built the school in 1915 as a boarding school for farm children whose neighborhoods had no accredited high school. As consolidated schools spread through Copiah and Lincoln, the agricultural school needed a new job, and in summer 1928 it became a junior college; about 50 students were expected and more than 90 came. Other counties joined the support district over time: Simpson in 1934, Franklin in 1948, Lawrence in 1965, Jefferson in 1967 and Adams in 1971. Copiah-Lincoln opened a Natchez branch in 1972 and became a community college in 1988.
Where it stands
31.69169, -90.40082 · Directions
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