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Acona Church, Cemetery, and School

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church in 1876 as a two-story building. The upper story was used for a lodge hall. A three-room separate building on one edge of the property served as the school. A cemetery was also developed here, with gravestones from the 1880s, and it was still in use in the early 21st century. The complex was
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Acona Church, Cemetery, and School is located in Mississippi
Acona Church, Cemetery, and School is located in the United States
Lexington, Mississippi
33°16′5″N 90°1′8″W / 33.26806°N 90.01889°W / 33.26806; -90.01889
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Lexington, Mississippi
Acona
Methodist
National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Acona Church and School, Holmes County"
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Methodist Church Cemetery
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