Puckett

History

The first European-American settlement at this location was in 1837, and the pioneers named it Clear Creek. One of the first settlers was Calvin Boone. A man known by the surname Merchant is credited with building the first water mill in the area, and with blazing a road along a ridge leading to another settlement then known as Shiloh. Settlers migrated from Alabama. A.A. Burnham applied for a US post office in 1890, asking that it be named either Clear Creek or Burnham. Due to these names already being used, the USPS assigned the name of Puckett to the post office, after the Puckett family, who came from nearby Tishomingo. Early in the town's history, a traveling show wintered there for a number of years. Attendance at its winter performances led to the town's being nicknamed "the largest little show place in the world". In the 1950s a sign was erected, saying "Welcome to Puckett 300 good friendly folks and a few old sore heads".

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 0.50% is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  148
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  129
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  110
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  106
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  92
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  84
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  82
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  79

Most recent

• M 3 — 2025-03-15
  5 km NNE of Magee, Mississippi
• M 2.5 — 2024-11-28
  12 km SE of Canton, Mississippi
• M 2.8 — 2019-08-09
  Mississippi
• M 2.6 — 2015-08-17
  9 km N of Madison, Mississippi
• M 3.2 — 2015-06-29
  6 km SSW of Canton, Mississippi
• M 3 — 2015-05-03
  8 km WSW of Canton, Mississippi