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Location of Bolivar County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bolivar County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Bolivar County (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ v ər / BOL-i-vər) is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census , the population was 30,985. [ 1 ] Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Bolivar County, Mississippi" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
When Bolivar County was established in 1836, the first county seat was located at Bolivar. William Vick sold 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land to the county for $800, and it was then named Bolivar. The land was surveyed by B.M. Hines, who laid out the courthouse square, with town lots around it which were advertised for sale.
Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery. [4] [5] Mound Bayou Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [6]
Shelby is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,229 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] down from 2,926 in 2000. The town of Shelby was established in 1853 by Tom Shelby, who had purchased a block of land there from the federal government.
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The Arkansas-Mississippi border follows the center of the narrow, curving lake. Prior to 1938, the north-south flowing Mississippi River curved east into Mississippi, flowed along Lake Whittington (then called "Bolivar Bend"), and then continued its north-south route.