Oktibbeha County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Often translated "icy creek", Oktibbeha is from Choctaw okti abeha bok meaning "ice, there in the creek".
- Seat
- Starkville
- Largest city
- Starkville
- Total
- 462 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Land
- 458 sq mi (1,190 km )
- Water
- 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 51,896
- Density
- 113/sq mi (43.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 3rd
- Website
- www .oktibbehacountyms .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Oktibbeha County is a county in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census the population was 51,788. The county seat is Starkville. The county's name is derived from a Choctaw word meaning "icy creek". The Choctaw had long occupied much of this territory prior to European exploration and United States acquisition.
Mississippi State University, a public research university and land-grant institution, is in Oktibbeha County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oktibbeha County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.