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The Cleveland, Mississippi, Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Bolivar County. It is located in the Mississippi Delta, or Yazoo Basin, of Mississippi. This area was first developed for cotton plantations. Large industrial-scale agricultural operations have reduced the number of farm workers needed, and the population is half of its ...
The Delta and Providence Cooperative Farms were started in Bolivar County, Mississippi, in 1936; and Holmes County, Mississippi, in 1939, respectively.The farms were founded and run by missionary evangelist and author Sherwood Eddy, and Reverend Sam H. Franklin, with the goal of helping southern sharecroppers out of their economic plight (caused in part by side effects of the New Deal's ...
MDAC regulates agricultural-related businesses within Mississippi, as well as promotes Mississippi products throughout the world. [1] To fulfill these goals, the department was created by the Mississippi Legislature in 1906. [2] The Commissioner of MDAC is an elected office.
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a Federal-State partnership whose mission it is to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Mississippi Delta.The Delta Regional Authority serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The agriculture commissioners are organized at the national level by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. [ 1 ] The agriculture commissioner is elected in 12 states: Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , North Dakota , South Carolina , Texas , and West Virginia .
Rosedale is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 1,873 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 2,414 in 2000. Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the first half of the 20th century.
Oscar Orlando Wolfe Jr. (December 10, 1890 - January 30, 1978) was an American farmer and Democratic state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate including a stint as president pro tempore. [1] He lived in Duncan, Bolivar County, Mississippi. [2]
William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice 3,336: 435.3 sq mi (1,127 km 2) Simpson County: 127: Mendenhall: SI: 1824: Formed from Copiah County: Josiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [25] 25,715: 590.5 sq mi (1,529 km 2 ...