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Lee County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Founded
- October 26, 1866 , (159 years ago) ( 1866-10-26 )
- Named after
- Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Seat
- Tupelo
- Largest city
- Tupelo
- Total
- 453 sq mi (1,170 km )
- Land
- 450 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Water
- 3.2 sq mi (8.3 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 83,731
- Density
- 190/sq mi (72/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 38801, 38804, 38824, 38826, 38828, 38843, 38849, 38857, 38858, 38860, 38862, 38866, 38868, 38879
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- leecoms .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lee County is a county in U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 83,343. Its county seat is Tupelo. Lee County is included in the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.