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==History== The first settlement here by European Americans became known as the town of Gallatin; two lawyers and brothers-in-law named Walters and Saunders came from [[Gallatin, Tennessee]], in 1819 and named the village after their hometown. They built their homes on the banks of the Bayou Pierre, in the western part of Copiah County. Other settlers came with them, and in 1829 the state legislature incorporated the town. The first decades of agriculture The incorporation charter was repealed on January 18, 1862. The construction of the [[New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad]] began on November 3, 1865, stimulating development of Hazlehurst at the railway stop. It was named for Col. George H. Hazlehurst, an engineer for the new railroad.<ref name="names">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n152 153]}}</ref> A [[Hazlehurst, Georgia|city in Georgia]] is also named for him.<ref name="names"/> As Hazlehurst grew, Gallatin declined into a settlement at a crossroads. In April 1872, the legislature ordered the county board of supervisors to hold an election to decide whether the county seat should be moved from Gallatin to Hazlehurst. After a majority voted for the change, Gallatin's old brick courthouse was torn down and reassembled in Hazlehurst This city had civil rights activity during the mid-1960s. Because of violence against black people in this area, Mississippi, the armed [[Deacons for Defense and Justice]] established centers here and in nearby Crystal Springs in 1966 and 1967. They provided physical protection for protesters working with the [[NAACP]] on a commercial boycott of white merchants to force integration of facilities and employment, and to gain jobs for African Americans following passage of civil rights legislation in 1964.<ref name="copiah">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPUaBwAAQBAJ&dq=Copiah+Co%2C+MS+during+the+civil+rights+movement&pg=PA223 Ted Ownby, ''The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi''], Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2013, pp. 221-223</ref> On [[1969 Hazlehurst tornado outbreak|January 23, 1969]], an F4 tornado devastated the south side of Hazlehurst, killing 11 people in town and damaging or destroying 175 homes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grazulis |first1=Thomas P. |title=Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events |date=1993 |publisher=Environmental Films |location=St. Johnsbury, Vermont |isbn=1-879362-03-1 |page=1103}}</ref>
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