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Coal Oil Corner: I-22 at MM 16
Built around rural road connections, Coal Oil Corner grew into a named locality in northern Mississippi’s Marshall County. It lies beside Interstate 22, the Memphis–Birmingham route that largely follows the older US 78 corridor. This stretch crosses gently rolling ground where woodland, grassy verges and scattered rural properties define the setting more than dense development. Coal Oil Corner belongs to a network of small settlements and transport routes linking north Mississippi with the wider Mid-South. Marshall County, established in 1836, was named for John Marshall, the long-serving chief justice of the United States. The locality remains a useful reference point on an important interstate through the region’s wooded interior.
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