Puckett Map
Puckett is a town/village in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 354 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The first settlement at this location was in 1837, and the earliest name given to it was Clear Creek. One of the first settlers was Calvin Boone. A man known only by the surname Merchant is credited with building the first water mill in the area, and with blazing a road along a ridge leading to another settlement then known as Shiloh. Settlers came from Alabama. One of them, A. A. Burnham, applied for a post office in 1890, asking that it either be named Clear Creek or Burnham. Due to these names already being used, the post office was named Puckett, for the Puckett family, which came from nearby Tishamingo.. Early in its history, a traveling show wintered there for a number of years, and attendance caused the town to be nicknamed "the largest little show place in the world". In the 1950s a sign was erected, saying "Welcome to Puckett 300 good friendly folks and a few old sore heads".
Puckett is located at 32°4?59?N 89°46?40?W / 32.08306°N 89.77778°W / 32.08306; -89.77778 (32.083100, -89.777658).
Nearby cities include Pearl, Flowood, Morton, Richland, Florence.