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Neshoba County
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county in Mississippi, United States
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Neshoba County, Mississippi, is a jurisdiction within the United States. Its legal name is Neshoba County, Mississippi. The county seat is located in the city of Philadelphia. The jurisdiction is identified by the code US-MS.
The county was established in 1833. It currently has an active status. According to available data, the population is 29711. There are 10495 households in the area.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Choctaw for “wolf”
- Seat
- Philadelphia
- Largest city
- Philadelphia
- Total
- 572 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Land
- 570 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,732
- Density
- 51/sq mi (20/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .neshobacounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Neshoba County, Mississippi
Neshoba County is a place of heritage and opportunity where our goal is to serve our citizens and build a brighter tomorrow for future generations. We
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Philadelphia
- Capital
- Philadelphia
- Population
- 29087
- Area
- 1481
- Shares border with
- Oktibbeha County
- Official website
- www.neshobacounty.net
- Image
- Neshoba County Courthouse - 13938789172.jpg
- Households
- 10495
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- Commons category
- Neshoba County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Neshoba County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1833-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Neshoba County
- per capita income
- 20587
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Neshoba County, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Neshoba County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,087. Its county seat is Philadelphia. The county is known for the Neshoba County Fair and harness horse races. It is home of the Williams Brothers Store, which has been in operation since the early 1900s.
In June 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were chased down, tortured, and murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan. They were buried in an earthen dam on private property off Highway 21; Goodman was still alive. Initially treated as a missing persons case, their disappearance provoked national outrage and contributed significantly to the July enactment of the Civil Rights Act by President Johnson.
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