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Town in Mississippi, United States
Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Monticello is a town of 1,500 people (2019) on the Pearl River in Lawrence County, south Mississippi. Monticello is home to several beautiful historic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Cooper's Ferry Park features a scenic boardwalk that overlooks the Pearl River, along with a water wheel from the old gristmill. Though the water is now pumped, the water wheel still turns.
A regional history museum that explores the history of Territorial Lawrence County. It highlights the St. Stephens Road, which connected Fort St. Stephens on the Tombigbee River, north of Mobile with the Territorial Capital of Natchez on the Mississippi River.
Historic home of A.H. Longino (1854-1952), the governor of Mississippi from 1900-1904. This home offers several public events throughout the year.
On Memorial Day Weekend in late May, Monticello hosts the Atwood Music Festival, the longest running festival of its kind in Mississippi. The Atwood Music Festival typically headlines one or more country artists, often local to Mississippi. If you want to stay at Atwood Water Park for the festival, please note that all camping locations for the weekend typically are reserved a year in advance.
Atwood Water Park has a 1.5-mile paved walking trail, tennis courts, and playgrounds. It also has boatramp that is open to anyone who has a boat. There is a campground at the park as well.
Lake Mary Crawford provides fishing opportunities for those inclined towards outdoor sports. It is managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks.
Catfish One serves an array of fried seafood specializing in Mississippi farm-raised catfish. With the fried fish, one can get hush puppies, fries and other sides.
Offering takeout, China Wok provides a selection of Chinese dishes all served with fried rice.
Southern barbecue with fries and sides.
A wide selection of Tex-Mex dishes.
Pizza for delivery and carryout. Pizza Inn also has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet every day. A specialty at Pizza Inn is the chocolate chip "Pizzart", a sweet spin on a pizza.
Miss K's is local fast food place with a couple locations in south Mississippi. It specializes in hamburgers and hotdogs with chili during the day. In the morning it offers a southern breakfast.
A liquor store.
Serves coffee, lattes, and cappuccinos as well as pastries.
Drive-thru serving donuts, kolaches, and coffee.
A liquor store run by the Pleasure Point Inn.
River Bend House of Brews offers a selection of gourmet coffees and teas along with beer and a few mixed drinks. Some of the teas are locally sourced from the Great Mississippi Tea Company about 15 miles to the west. There is usually live entertainment on the weekends.
This independent motel has been a fixture of Monticello since the early 2000s.
An independent motel in the old Monticello Inn.
Local farmers sell produce in the park.
Monticello Pawn and Outdoors sells used items of all types, specializing in outdoor sports equipment.
Upstairs from the coffee shop, there is an art gallery with paintings, photographs, and other artwork for sale.
This antiques shop has a wide selection of goods from furniture to housewares. Many of them are quite nice.
By car
Monticello can be accessed by car via US 84 and several state highways. US 84 runs through Mississippi from Natchez to Laurel via Brookhaven and Collins. Monticello is between Brookhaven and Collins.
As there is no public transportation in Monticello, the best ways to get around Monticello are by car and by foot.
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