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Yazoo County is the largest by total area at 933.9 square miles (2,419 km 2), and Alcorn County is the smallest at 401.3 square miles (1,039 km 2). [8] The average land area is 591 square miles (1,530 km 2). [7] 19 counties have names with Native American etymologies. [9]
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
The MRC Area of Jurisdiction outlined in red The MR&T Project Design Flood. The Mississippi River Commission was established in 1879 to facilitate improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of Passes near its mouth to its headwaters. The stated mission of the Commission was to develop and implement plans to correct, permanently locate ...
Yalobusha County (/ ˈ j æ l æ ˌ b ʊ ʃ ə / YA-la-buush-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census , the population was 12,481. [ 1 ] It has two county seats , Water Valley and Coffeeville .
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 772 square miles (2,000 km 2), of which 765 square miles (1,980 km 2) is land and 7.0 square miles (18 km 2) (0.9%) is water. [ 7 ] In 1922, the Commissioner of Agriculture for the county published a report in a local newspaper which described in some detail the soil conditions ...
Mississippi Delta – green line marks boundary. The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi (and portions of Arkansas and Louisiana) that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers.
Mississippi Highway 7 (MS 7) runs generally north–south from the Tennessee state line in Benton County to Belzoni, Mississippi.It travels approximately 168 miles (270 km), serving Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, and Benton counties while serving several points of interest, including Florewood River Plantation State Park, the University of Mississippi ...
Marshall County is a county located on the north central border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,752. [1] Its county seat is Holly Springs. [2] The county is named for Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall, who presided in the early nineteenth century. [3]