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Settled in 1840 as New Hope, the community was renamed Kossuth in 1853 to honor Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth. It was the home of Col. M.P. Lowery, found of Blue Mountain College. A skirmish occurred here during the Civil War. Alcorn Agricultural High School was established here in 1908 and became Kossuth High School in 1960.
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Kossuth, Mississippi · United States
