Jefferson Courthouse and Square in The Hamlet (Location)

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Display Label: 
Courthouse and Square
Map Icon: 
Courthouse
Authority : 
Faulkner map
X: 
1277
Y: 
823
Description: 

The "county courthouse in Jefferson" sits in the middle of town (367). The courthouse and the Square around it comprise one of the central locations in the Yoknapatawpha fictions. The story about the "hamlet" arrives there in the near the end of the novel, when Mink Snopes goes on trial for murder.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Courthouse|Office; Courthouse|Trial

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