Where Was The Free Upd State Of Jones Filmed Jun 2026

Ironically, the only major piece of the film shot in Mississippi wasn't shot in Jones County—it was shot in (just north of Jackson). The filmmakers used the historic Canton Square and the surrounding Canton Film Studios (a dedicated backlot for period pieces) to film the Battle of Corinth and the chaotic aftermath in the town square. If you look closely at the background during the battle scenes, you are seeing modern Canton dressed down to look like 1862.

The production scouted Ellisville, Mississippi (the actual county seat of Jones County), but found that too much had changed. The real courthouse where Knight stood trial is gone, and the landscape is now crisscrossed with highways and strip malls. However, the crew did visit the real Newt Knight Cemetery in Soso, Mississippi, for research purposes before filming began. where was the free state of jones filmed