While eating their dinner everyone was forced to flee because the Yankee troops had entered town. St. Mark's Episcopal , the oldest church structure in town, was organized as a congregation in 1837. However, the church was not built until 1854. The church utilizes both Greek and Gothic Revival motifs. During the Civil War the church suffered a great deal of damage while being used as a hospital for Union soldiers.
Blood stains are still visible on the old pine floors.
The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1842. However, it was in the autumn of 1868 before a lot was purchased and a church building erected. The site of the church was, at one time, a large and well appointed livery stable owned by A.J. Johnson. The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church was built in 1885. In terms of architecture it represents the late Federal period in Mississippi.