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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 ]
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 was once the county seat, and Bolivar Landing was its port on the Mississippi River. Now permanently cut off from the river, Bolivar is a quiescent residential hamlet, while Bolivar Landing, immediately north and across the immense Mississippi Levee, is a cottage community on Lake Whittington .
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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]
Prentiss (also known as "Wellington", "Indian Point Landing", and "Indian Town") is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Once a thriving river port and county seat, Prentiss was destroyed during the Civil War, and then washed over by the Mississippi River during the 1870s. There is also a Prentiss, Ms in the Southwest.
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.
History of Bolivar County, Mississippi (1 C) P. People from Bolivar County, Mississippi (6 C, 38 P) T. Tourist attractions in Bolivar County, Mississippi (2 C, 1 P)