Pontotoc
Around Pontotoc
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Pontotoc
Where the sweet potatoes grow
sweet potato rust
Welcome to Pontotoc, Chickasaw and Calhoun counties – where the sweet potatoes are sweet and the people are sweeter. Come sit a spell, share what's going on, and don't be shy about asking where the best catfish is.
Clubs for Pontotoc
No clubs for Pontotoc yet.
The room
One room for everyone around Pontotoc. It never closes; when it's busy it splits into tables. Once you're in, you stay until you leave.
Ask the neighbours
AllA good plumber, the best tacos, a lost cat: nobody has asked yet. Be the first.
Coming up
No events in the next month. Events made in the room show up here.
Marketplace
Things for sale, free and wanted, and rooms for rent, from people around Pontotoc. Sign in to sell something.
Things to do
- Natchez Trace Parkway Scenic historic highway running through the counties
- Trace State Park State park with a lake, camping and trails near Pontotoc
- Pontotoc County Courthouse Historic courthouse in the center of Pontotoc's square
- Chickasaw County Courthouse County seat courthouse in Houston
- Calhoun County Courthouse Historic courthouse in Pittsboro, county seat of Calhoun
- Okolona Battlefield Historic Site Civil War battlefield with interpretive markers
- Outdoors hiking or biking the Natchez Trace
- Outdoors fishing in catfish ponds
- With kids Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival
- With kids County fairs
- Evenings small-town bars
- Evenings honky-tonks
- Locals love small town squares
- Locals love sweet potato farms
Through the year
- Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival October Celebrates the 'Sweet Potato Capital' with food, music and a parade
- Pontotoc County Fair September Livestock shows, carnival rides and local exhibits
- Chickasaw County Fair October County fair with agriculture displays and entertainment in Houston
- Calhoun County Fair September Small-town fair in Calhoun City with rides and 4-H competitions
Humid subtropical – hot summers, mild winters, and plenty of rain. Best to be outside in spring and fall. Best: Spring and fall are perfect – mild days and cool nights.
Talk like a local
- “the Trace”
- The Natchez Trace Parkway
- “sweet tater”
- Sweet potato
- “fixin' to”
- About to do something
Getaways
- Tupelo Elvis Presley birthplace and bigger shopping
- Oxford Ole Miss campus and Square with bookstores and eateries
- Starkville Mississippi State tailgating and restaurants
- Grenada Grenada Lake for fishing and boating
Local flavour
Rooting for Ole Miss Rebels, Mississippi State Bulldogs
Eat and drink
- sweet potato pie Vardaman is the Sweet Potato Capital
- fried catfish Common in local diners and fish camps
- barbecue Pulled pork and ribs, Southern style
- sweet tea A staple with every meal
Where people go
- sweet potato farms Fields of Vardaman sweet potatoes in autumn
- small town squares Courthouse squares with local shops and diners
- country churches Historic white-frame churches, community gatherings
- hunting camps Deer and turkey camps in the woods
- catfish ponds Farm ponds stocked for fishing
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Nearby
Every areaTupeloMississippiWhere the music began and the hills singNew AlbanyMississippiWhere the hills hold stories.OxfordMississippiWhere the Grove meets the SouthWest PointMississippiWhere the Black Prairie meets the TombigbeeBatesvilleMississippiWhere the Delta's soul runs deepCorinthMississippiWhere the rails meet the pinesStarkvilleMississippiWhere cowbells ring and sweet potatoes grow.GrenadaMississippiCatfish and quiet mornings by the lake.
Pontotoc, Chickasaw and Calhoun counties, MS. Areas from the US Census Bureau and Statistics Canada; places from GeoNames. Local flavour was written with a model and may have mistakes. Team names identify teams; no endorsement.