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Mississippi County, Arkansas

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45historic places

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1834formed

40,685pop. 2020

62cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 45 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Osceola, Blytheville, Wilson.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 45 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

45 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bank of Osceola	Osceola	Building	1987
Blytheville Air Force Base Capehart Housing Historic District	Blytheville	District	2015
Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Air Command (SAC) Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic District	Blytheville	District	2018
Blytheville Commercial Historic District	Blytheville	District	2006
Blytheville Greyhound Bus Station	Blytheville	Building	1987
Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad Depot-Leachville	Leachville	Building	1992
Burdette School Complex Historic District	Burdette	District	2001
Chickasawba Mound (3M55)	Blytheville	Site	1984
City Hall	Osceola	Building	1987
Delta Valley & Southern Railway Locomotive #50	Delpro	Structure	2007
Dyess Colony Center	Dyess	District	1976
Eaker Site NHL	Blytheville	Site	1992
Florida Brothers Building	Osceola	Building	1987
Garden Point Cemetery	Etowah	Site	2006
Hale Avenue Historic District	Osceola	District	1987
Hale Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Osceola	District	2003
Hale Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase II	Osceola	District	2008
Herman Davis Memorial	Manila	Site	1995
Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Depot	Manila	Building	1997
Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Steam Locomotive #34 and Associated Rolling Stock	Victoria	Structure	2022
Keiser School	Keiser	Building	1992
Keiser Water Tower	Keiser	Structure	2007
Kress Building	Blytheville	Building	1997
Minaret Manor	Osceola	Building	2017
Mississippi County Courthouse	Osceola	Building	1978
Mississippi County Courthouse, Chickasawba District	Blytheville	Building	1996
Nodena Site NHL	Wilson	Site	1966
Old Bell Telephone Building	Osceola	Building	1987
Osceola Times Building	Osceola	Building	1987
Planters Bank Building	Osceola	Building	1987
Sherman Mound and Village	Osceola	Site	2018
Three States Lumber Company Mill Powerhouse	Burdette	Building	2001
Tompkins, Chris, House	Burdette	Building	2001
United States Highway 61 Arch	Blytheville	Object	2001
Violet Cemetery	Osceola	Site	2004
West Main Street Residential Historic District	Blytheville	District	2010
Widner-Magers Farm Historic District	Dell	District	2007
Wildy, Edward Samuel, Barn	Etowah	Building	2004
Wilson Commercial Historic District	Wilson	District	2016
Wilson Community House	Wilson	Building	2015
Wilson High School Gymnasium	Wilson	Building	2015
Wilson Motor Company	Wilson	Building	2019
Wilson Residential Historic District	Wilson	District	2016
Yarbro Overpass	Yarbro	Structure	2022
Zebree Homestead	Buckeye	Site	1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mississippi was formed in 1834 (1834-01-01) from Crittenden.

MISSISSIPPI created by Arkansas Territory from CRITTENDEN. Act passed 1 Nov 1833; took effect 1 Jan 1834.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mississippi County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,410	3,895	7,332	16,384	47,320	80,217	82,375	70,174	59,517	51,979	40,685

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

62 cemeteries and 10 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 62 of 62 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	35.91396	-89.78563
Ashburn Cemetery	35.53803	-90.15998
Bassett Cemetery	35.53131	-90.13294
Bowden Cemetery	35.51689	-90.14879
Box Elder Cemetery	35.99259	-90.14311
Brinkley Cemetery	35.7634	-90.14037
Buckner Cemetery	35.94448	-89.72392
Carson Cemetery	35.64313	-90.03398
Citizen Cemetery	35.76037	-89.93491
Driver Cemetery	35.67171	-89.95536
Elmwood Cemetery	35.93365	-89.92024
Ermen Lane Cemetery	35.70108	-89.98225
Gant Cemetery	35.7051	-90.18959
Golden Lake Cemetery	35.54695	-90.04796
Harston Cemetery	35.53372	-90.15133
Hatcher Cemetery	35.88397	-89.88175
Hatchie Cemetery	35.8705	-89.86404
Hawkins Cemetery	35.64618	-90.27565
Hill Cemetery	35.54002	-90.13516
Jacob Cemetery	35.47911	-90.04891
Lane Cemetery	35.94459	-89.92355
Little Bethlehem Cemetery	35.63339	-90.05354
Locust Grove Cemetery	35.64257	-90.03583
Locust Grove Cemetery	35.63618	-90.00953
Louise Cemetery	35.52385	-90.15887
Macedonia Cemetery	35.58895	-90.03575
Manchester Cemetery	35.66535	-90.04202
Mann Cemetery	35.86177	-89.85834
Mann Cemetery	35.86699	-89.8211
Maple Grove Cemetery	35.93396	-89.92258
McFadden Cemetery	35.55402	-90.07972
Memorial Park Cemetery	35.91564	-89.92001
Mississippi County Memorial Gardens	35.68035	-89.9823
Mound Place Cemetery	35.86973	-90.04285
Mount Olive Cemetery	35.54222	-90.10796
Mount Pisby Cemetery	35.51421	-90.20487
Mount Zion Cemetery	35.91343	-89.95073
New Hope Cemetery	35.98853	-89.90527
New Salem Cemetery	35.75649	-89.9818
Nodena Cemetery	35.56091	-89.95591
North Sawba Cemetery	35.95951	-89.93619
Number Nine Cemetery	35.98847	-89.8067
Pittman Cemetery	35.60799	-90.04631
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	35.61926	-90.07917
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery	35.96562	-89.80619
Rosa Cemetery	35.77729	-89.8298
Rupe Cemetery	35.43774	-90.16348
Saint Marys Cemetery	35.51433	-90.22817
Sandy Ridge Cemetery	35.83897	-89.9194
Sawyer Cemetery	35.91457	-89.8924
Shady Grove Cemetery	35.84748	-90.07888
Spur Cemetery	35.92162	-89.85576
Steger Cemetery	35.83313	-89.76424
Three Way Cemetery	35.69975	-90.23776
Union Valley Cemetery	35.74005	-90.12305
Uzzell Cemetery	35.55296	-90.1409
Violet Cemetery	35.70429	-89.96673
Walker Cemetery	35.92068	-89.72441
Ward Cemetery	35.5323	-90.25842
Whitton Cemetery	35.50674	-90.27315
Wilkerson Cemetery	35.89597	-90.02242
Zion Rock Cemetery	35.72035	-90.01425

Historical populated places — 10 of 10

Name	Lat	Lon
Brown	35.90924	-90.21176
Holt	35.61869	-90.00064
North Sabie	35.95924	-89.93759
Orr	35.89591	-90.27121
Paepcke	35.98896	-89.98981
Shonyo	35.84702	-90.07426
Sims	35.49592	-90.24204
Springfield	35.91396	-90.26565
Upper Nodena	35.60425	-89.98092
Wolverton	35.76258	-89.91009

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Fort Pillow	1,294	24.0 km	TN030

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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