During the
American Civil War of 1861–1865, a military campaign launched by Union forces was slowed by obstructions placed along
Deer Creek at the Egremont Plantation. In 1880, the Egremont Plantation became the property of
Hezekiah William Foote. It was inherited by his son
Huger Lee Foote, who was elected Sheriff of Sharkey County in 1890, and went on to serve in the Mississippi Legislature. Egremont had a population of 40 in 1906. In 1984, sculptor Wesley Bobo erected a steel dinosaur along Route 61 in Egremont. A post office operated under the name Egremont from 1886 to 1954. ==References==