Editing Pinhook, Missouri (section)

==History==
It was settled in the 1920s or 1930s by [[sharecroppers]]. The community takes its name from a nearby ridge of the same name which in turn was so named on account it having the form of a [[Cant hook|pinhook]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071928/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Mississippi County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 6, 2016}}</ref> This largely African American community expanded to nearly 250 people at its peak.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

The community was flooded in May 2011 when the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] breached the Bird's Point Levee to save the town of [[Cairo, Illinois]]. The government did not assist or provide help to evacuate Pinhook. The residents were left entirely on their own before the levee breach.<ref>"[https://news.stthomas.edu/resistance-memories-stories-disaster-pinhook-missouri/ The Resistance of Memories]", David Todd Lawrence, CAS Spotlight, [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]]. December 8, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 1919.</ref> Afterwards, the former residents resettled in [[East Prairie, Missouri|East Prairie]] and [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]].<ref>Schuessler, Ryan. "[http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/4/missouri-black-towns.html One by one, Missouri’s black towns disappear]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140821132630/http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/4/missouri-black-towns.html Archive]). ''[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]''. April 5, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.</ref> In August 2015 the remaining buildings in Pinhook were bulldozed.<ref>Graef, Tyle. "[http://www.semissourian.com/story/2219856.html Former Pinhook residents watch as bulldozers level what's left of the town the 2011 flood destroyed]". ''[[Southeast Missourian]]''. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.</ref>