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Houston stands on the Natchez Trace. It was named for Sam Houston, a friend of Joel Pinson, who donated the site. It became the county seat when Chickasaw County was created on February 9, 1836. In 1909, the state's first Carnegie library was built here.
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Houston, Mississippi · United States
