Monroe Mission
Natchez Trace
Monroe Mission is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 245.6.
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At Monroe Mission Station northwest of here, the Chickasaws first received Christianity and education in 1822. Five years later, 100 acres were under cultivation and 81 pupils were attending the school. Boys learned farming and carpentry, and girls learned spinning and weaving in addition to classroom work. More than 150 persons were baptized in the church, a diminutive room not over 16 by 16. In front was a large arbor, covered with brush and seeded with puncheons for summer meetings. Monroe and three other stations were the training centers for many who became leaders of the Chickasaws in Oklahoma.
Locator Map for Monroe Mission and other Natchez Trace points of interest!
Click on these nearby points of interest:
1 A Lazy Dog Ranch Bed and Breakfast
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 145
2 Tupelo Visitors Center
3 Old Town Overlook
Access/Exit US Highway 78
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 178 (McCullough Blvd)
4 Chickasaw Village Site
5 Elvis Presley Birthplace
6 Tupelo Automobile Museum
7 Tupelo, Mississippi
8 Tupelo National Battlefield
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 6 (Main Street)
Access/Exit Cliff Gookin Boulevard
Access/Exit Palmetto Road (Verona exit)
9 Black Belt Overlook
Access/Exit Pontocola Road (County Road 506)
10 Chickasaw Council House
11 Tockshish
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 41
* Monroe Mission
12 Owl Creek Mounds
13 Davis Lake Recreation Area
14 Hernando de Soto
15 Chickasaw Agency
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 32
16 Witch Dance
17 Houston, Mississippi
18 Bridges-Hall Manor Bed and Breakfast
19 Bynum Mounds
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 8
Color Key:
* Monroe Mission
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
Access / Exit Roads
1 A Lazy Dog Ranch Bed and Breakfast
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 145
2 Tupelo Visitors Center
3 Old Town Overlook
Access/Exit US Highway 78
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 178 (McCullough Blvd)
4 Chickasaw Village Site
5 Elvis Presley Birthplace
6 Tupelo Automobile Museum
7 Tupelo, Mississippi
8 Tupelo National Battlefield
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 6 (Main Street)
Access/Exit Cliff Gookin Boulevard
Access/Exit Palmetto Road (Verona exit)
9 Black Belt Overlook
Access/Exit Pontocola Road (County Road 506)
10 Chickasaw Council House
11 Tockshish
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 41
* Monroe Mission
12 Owl Creek Mounds
13 Davis Lake Recreation Area
14 Hernando de Soto
15 Chickasaw Agency
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 32
16 Witch Dance
17 Houston, Mississippi
18 Bridges-Hall Manor Bed and Breakfast
19 Bynum Mounds
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 8
Color Key:
* Monroe Mission
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
Access / Exit Roads
