Golf in Itta Bena

Itta Bena is a small Leflore County Delta community near Greenwood whose Choctaw name means 'home in the woods,' evoking the wooded character of the land before Delta clearing. Mississippi Valley State University provides an academic presence in Itta Bena, and the institution's football teams have produced NFL players whose careers have given the small Delta community national recognition. The surrounding delta landscape of flat cotton fields and agricultural infrastructure reflects the economy that has shaped the community through its entire history. The community's MVSU connection provides institutional stability in a small Delta town that has navigated the same demographic and economic challenges affecting communities throughout the Mississippi Delta.