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Greene County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Nathanael Greene
- Seat
- Leakesville
- Largest town
- Leakesville
- Total
- 719 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 713 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,707
- Density
- 19.0/sq mi (7.33/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .greenecountyms .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Nathanael Greene
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Leakesville
- Capital
- Leakesville
- Population
- 13530
- Area
- 1861
- Shares border with
- Mobile County
- Official website
- www.greenecountyms.gov
- Image
- Leaksville Junior High School.jpg
- Households
- 3825
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- Commons category
- Greene County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Greene County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1811-00-00
- different from
- Greene County
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Greene County
- per capita income
- 16548
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Greene County, Mississippi
- topic has template
- Template:Greene County, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Greene County is a county located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,530. Its county seat is Leakesville. Established in 1811, the county was named for General Nathanael Greene of the American Revolutionary War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greene County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.