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Quitman County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- John A. Quitman
- Seat
- Marks
- Largest town
- Marks
- Total
- 406 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Land
- 405 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Water
- 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,364
- Density
- 15.2/sq mi (5.89/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- quitmancountyms .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Quitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,176, making it the third-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Marks. The county is named after John A. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 and from 1850 to 1851.
Quitman County is located in the Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quitman County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.