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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clack is an unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi,[1] United States, located along Old U.S. Highway 61.
Clack, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 34°50′45″N 90°17′35″W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Tunica |
Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 38664 |
GNIS feature ID | 668497 |
The Mississippi levee traverses the west side of Clack. Beyond the levee is Old River Lake, once part of the contiguous Mississippi River.
Clack was established as a flagstop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, built in the 1880s. It was named for Phil Clack, who owned the land near the railroad stop.[2]
Clack had a post office from 1892 to 1927, and Clack Store served as a commissary and train station.[3]
In 1941, as part of a Fisk University/Library of Congress study, researchers Alan Lomax and John Wesley Work III used Clack Store as a location to record blues musicians Son House, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams, and Fiddlin' Joe Martin. Locomotives can be heard in the recording. A Mississippi Blues Trail marker recognizing Son House was erected in Clack in 2007.[4][5]
Clack Store has since been demolished, and the store's sign was moved to the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale.[6]
Clack today is surrounded by RV parks and the casinos of Tunica Resorts.
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