Pontotoc
Designated Community since 2007
Pontotoc County Main Street Association
Leah Mitchell, Director
Contact Information
109 North Main Street
Pontotoc, MS 38863
Phone 1: 662.489.5042
Fax: 601.489.5263
Mission Statement
The mission of the Pontotoc County Main Street Association is to promote, support and enhance the quality of life and stimulate the economic development of Pontotoc County as an outstanding place to live and do business.
About Pontotoc
Pontotoc is a city in, and the county seat of, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the much larger city of Tupelo. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning "Land of Hanging Grapes". The Chickasaw people occupied this area before Europeans colonized the Southeast. In the early 1830s, they were forced onto Indian Territory through Indian removal. The city holds a festival in the Town Square annually during the last week of the month of September called the Bodock Festival. It celebrates the Maclura pomifera (Osage orange) tree next to the historical mansion, Lochinvar, that survived a massive tornado hit in 2001.
Annual Events
January
Pontotoc’s Miss Hospitality & Miss Teen Pontotoc Pageant
February
Galentines Girls Night Out
Mardi Gras Parade
March
Customer Appreciation Day
Spring Open House
April
Food Truck Frenzy
Tanglefoot Food Truck Park Season Begins
May
Farmers Market season begins
Memorial Day Parade & Program
June
Summer Concert Series
July
4th of July Parade & Fireworks
Back-to-School Bash
August
Chamber Member Banquet
September
Bodock Festival
Fall Open House
October
Chili Fest
Harvest Walk
November
Christmas Open House
December
Christmas Parade & Santa
Merry Little Christmas Party
Lighted Golf Cart & Bicycle Parade on the Tanglefoot
