The surveyors dubbed the mound Mount Pinson after Joel,[7] and a post office was established there under that name in 1827.

[10] Country music singer Eddy Arnold attended the school and performed locally during his early years.

[12] A destructive tornado struck Pinson on March 11, 1923, destroying 50 homes and killing at least 18 people.

[16] Covering 400 acres (1.6 km2), the area contains at least 30 mounds, 17 of which have been identified as being completely or partially constructed by prehistoric peoples.

[18] The mounds were discovered by surveyor Joel Pinson in 1820 but remained of only local interest until Smithsonian archaeologist William Edward Myer mapped the site in the 1880s.