Black Hawk, Mississippi

Black Hawk, also spelled Blackhawk, is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Greenwood on Mississippi Highway 430 and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Acona.

Black Hawk is located on Abiaca Creek and was named for a Choctaw chief.

Black Hawk was once home to an academy, grist mill, two churches, a carriage shop, and a branch of the Merchant's and Farmer's Bank of Lexington, Mississippi.

[3] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

Prior to the 1999 consolidation of Vaiden High School into George High, a majority of the students at Vaiden were from Black Hawk, and a number of Black Hawk residents attended George.

Map of Mississippi highlighting Carroll County