Small Town, Big Personality: Suki Goes to Pelachatchie!
- sukisadventures
- Nov 30, 2018
- 2 min read
This is Jennifer! Suki let me have the blog long enough to tell you a little bit about Pelachatchie, MS. We weren't there very long so I don't have very many pictures but I hope you enjoy what I do have. Our time there was very short. One month exactly, from March 22, 2017 thru April 22, 2017 of which some of that time was traveling from Fort Myers, FL.
Now, don't get me wrong, Pelachatchie was beautiful! It has been one of my most memorable locations because of the friends that we met at the RV park where we stayed. I normally wouldn't promote a park but I have to give a shout out to Rhonda and David and the "Rangers" at Yogi By The Lake!
The folks there are some of the nicest we have met. I made lasting friendships there. I am still in contact with several of them through social media so I have to say hello to Rhonda, David, Whitney, Felicia, Carrie, and Tammy! Miss you!
Pelachatchie's population was 1353 as of 2017. It had dropped slightly from the 2000 census but not by much, less than 100. It is location in Rankin County and the closest metro is Jackson, MS. Most of the young girls, and some of us oldies, will know of Jackson from the Lifetime TV reality show, "BringIt". *hint, our next location coming in January of 2019 will be the home of one of the Dancing Dolls biggest rivals!
Pelachatchie goes all the way back to the beginning of the state of Mississippi itself, well, almost. Back in the 1800's there was a treaty signed and the Choctaw Indians gave up hundreds of thousands of acres of land to the United States. This land was in the central and western part of the state of Mississippi. When the Choctaw did this, it allowed for settlers to come in from other parts of the U.S. They came from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and especially from the Carolina's. This was called "The Great Westward Movement".
A man by the name of Billy Goforth, who was half Indian, came in possession of some of this land that is now known as Pelachatchie. A lot of folks say that it is named after the creek that runs nearby because the word "pelachatchie" means "crooked creek".
Today, it has some of the best food you could ask for, nicest people you could ever meet, a whole bunch of school spirit, and a love of their town that you just don't often see anymore. I think the worst thing about being there was the nearest WalMart was SEVERAL miles away. To me, that could be a blessing or a curse!
Thanks for stopping by... See you in Kentucky!
History-of-the-town. (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2018, from http://pelahatchie.org/
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