Independence, MS

Independence is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 200 residents. The settlement is approximately 7 miles south of Cockrum and 11 miles east of Coldwater along Mississippi Highway 305. The settlement was first known as "Flewellenes Crossroads" and "Buck Snorts". The through line in Independence is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Independence makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Locke organized a company of soldiers in Buck Snorts, which was dispatched to Virginia where they became Company D of the 42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment.