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Location of Leflore County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Leflore County, Mississippi.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Greenwood High School is the only public high school in Greenwood. As of 2014, the student body is 99% black. Amanda Elzy High School, outside of the Greenwood city limits, was formerly of the Leflore County district. It was recently taken over by the State of Mississippi for poor performance as a result of deficient leadership.
The Southworth House at 1108 Mississippi Ave. in Greenwood, Mississippi was built in 1922. It was a work of local architect Frank R. McGeoy.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985.
Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,339. [1] The county seat is Greenwood. [2] The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his people's land to the United States in exchange for land in Indian Territory.
Money is an unincorporated community near Greenwood in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta. [1] It has fewer than 100 residents, down from 400 in the early 1950s when a cotton mill operated there.
Hewes is an insurance agent and real estate broker with The Hewes Agency and Billy Hewes Real Estate. He is also a songwriter and musician, having served on the Mississippi Blues Commission . Hewes has had songs featured in two movie soundtracks ( Stay with Me - Precious Cargo ), [ 22 ] ( Mississippi Christmas - Christmas in MS ) and his band ...
Pillow Academy in unincorporated Leflore County, near Greenwood, enrolls some students from Holmes County. [44] It originally was founded as a segregation academy. [45] East Holmes Academy, A segregation academy that made national news in 1989 for offering to forfeit a game because the other school had a black player. Closed 2006.