Editing Sebastopol, Mississippi (section)

==History==
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Sebastopol was originally called "Hathaway Springs". The town was in existence before the Civil War but not incorporated until 1917. According to oral tradition, "a Swede" traveling through the area named the town for [[Sevastopol]], Crimea.  It is rumored that the "Swede" was [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] (of [[Central Park]] fame) who stayed at [[Sebastopol House Historic Site|Sebastopol House]] in [[Seguin, Texas]] during his travels throughout the southern United States. From 1852 to 1857, Olmsted was sent to the southern United States by his employer, ''The New York Times'', to study and write about slavery.  It was published as  ''Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom''.

Each fall season Sebastopol has Sebastopolooza–a fairly large fall festival. In 2010 Sebastopolooza had over a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Sebastopolooza_Brings_Thousands_106383978.html |title=Sebastopolooza Brings Thousands |website=www.wtok.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101111803/http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Sebastopolooza_Brings_Thousands_106383978.html |archive-date=November 1, 2010}}</ref>

Sebastopol is centrally located between four larger towns, the towns of Forest, Carthage, Union and Philadelphia. Although the town has a local grocery store, most people drive to one of the larger towns to purchase basic household goods. The nearest theatre is a small  local operation located in [[Philadelphia, Mississippi]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The town got access to cable TV in the late 1990s, which has yet to be offered to areas located just outside the city limits. Most local people wishing to have television must subscribe to satellite programming.  This makes accessibility to high-speed internet almost impossible. On October 11, 2010, all cable services from Sky Cablevision, the only cable provider for Sebastopol, were disconnected.{{Why|date=July 2020}}{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}