Holcut, Mississippi

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File:Holcut Memorial - stone obelisk.jpg

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Holcut was a small town located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.{{gnis|671279}} In 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bought out and demolished the town because it lay in the path of the Divide Cut, a {{convert|29|mi|km|adj=on}} canal section of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, which was constructed between 1972 and 1984.{{cite web|url=http://history.tenntom.org/|title=History of the Tenn-Tom|publisher=Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway|accessdate=2012-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905235133/http://history.tenntom.org/|archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=utk_chanhonoproj|author=Geoffrey Smith|publisher=University of Tennessee, Knoxville|title=The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: A Critical Study|accessdate=2012-04-01|archive-date=2014-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219233101/http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=utk_chanhonoproj|url-status=live}}

After the town was demolished, the Corps of Engineers established a Holcut memorial next to the canal near the site of the town.{{cite web|url=http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/TennTom/pdf/rec/isheet/picnic_areas/hmp.pdf|title=Holcut Memorial Park|publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers|format=pdf|accessdate=2012-04-01}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/TennTom/pdf/rec/lakemaps/dividecut.pdf|title=Divide Cut|publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers|accessdate=2012-04-01}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}