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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  Clack, Mississippi  Clack, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 34°50′45″N 90°17′35″W / 34.84583°N 90.29306°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Mississippi |
| 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.
References
edit- ^ "Clack". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Communities of Tunica County, Mississippi". MSGenWeb. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Clack, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Son House". Mississippi Blues Commission. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Jones, Yolanda (June 19, 2007). "Son House Earns His Place On Miss. Blues Trail". Commercial Appeal.
- ^ Cheseborough, Steve (2008). Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604733280.