Leflore County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Greenwood LeFlore
- Seat
- Greenwood
- Largest city
- Greenwood
- Total
- 606 sq mi (1,570 km )
- Land
- 593 sq mi (1,540 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,686
- Density
- 47.8/sq mi (18.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .leflorecounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,339. The county seat is Greenwood. 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. LeFlore stayed in Mississippi, settling on land reserved for him in Tallahatchie County.
Leflore County is part of the Greenwood, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region, with its southern border formed by the Yazoo River. Its riverfront lands were developed before the Civil War as cotton plantations. More inland areas were developed in the later 19th century.