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Attala County, Mississippi

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20historic places

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1833formed

17,889pop. 2020

138cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 20 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Kosciusko, Sallis, Ethel.

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

15 of 20 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

20 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson, Col. Chap, House	Kosciusko	Building	1987
Attala County Courthouse and Confederate Monument	Kosciusko	Building	1997
Brett, George Washington, House	West	Building	2010
Brown, David L., House	Kosciusko	Building	1977
Coffey, Col. J. K., House	Sallis	Building	1979
First Presbyterian Church, Old	Kosciusko	Building	1992
Hull L.V. Home and Studio	Kosciusko	Building	2024
Jackson-Browne House	Kosciusko	Building	1987
Jackson-Niles House	Kosciusko	Building	1984
Johnson-Sullivan House	Kosciusko	Building	1986
Kimbrough, John, Hall House	Ethel	Building	1998
Kosciusko Historic District	Kosciusko	District	2009
Lucas, John Copeland, House	Kosciusko	Building	1993
Niles House	Kosciusko	Building	1998
Niles, Judge Henry C., House	Kosciusko	Building	1993
Old Natchez Trace (212-3K 213-3K)	Kosciusko	Structure	1976
Shrock House	Goodman	Building	1985
Simmons Farmhouse	Sallis	Building	2021
Storer House	Kosciusko	Building	2003
Thompson School	Ethel	Building	1994

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Attala was formed in 1833 (1833-12-23) from Madison.

ATTALA created from MADISON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,303	14,169	19,988	26,248	24,831	30,227	26,652	21,335	19,865	19,661	17,889

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

138 cemeteries and 46 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 138 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ables Cemetery	32.97318	-89.8498
Antioch Cemetery	32.96957	-89.44729
Armstrong Cemetery	33.13901	-89.76674
Attala Memory Gardens	32.95429	-89.56479
Bear Creek Cemetery	33.24262	-89.35451
Berea Cemetery	33.2379	-89.43979
Bethel Cemetery	33.15096	-89.61785
Bethlehem Cemetery	33.06123	-89.70535
Black Jack Cemetery	32.90068	-89.81313
Bloomingburg Cemetery	33.15984	-89.37257
Bowie Chapel Cemetery	33.17457	-89.34256
Bowlin Cemetery	33.08512	-89.77785
Breazeale Cemetery	33.03401	-89.46201
Brister Cemetery	33.16596	-89.6748
Brooks Cemetery	33.03485	-89.51674
Brown Cemetery	33.0154	-89.72758
Buffalo Cemetery	33.08346	-89.53562
Bullock Cemetery	33.00096	-89.62063
Bunker Hill Cemetery	33.02846	-89.81813
Carr Cemetery	33.14596	-89.45534
Carson Ridge Cemetery	33.10512	-89.41618
Cedar Grove Cemetery	32.96707	-89.5134
Center Cemetery	32.94624	-89.43145
Chapel Hill Cemetery	33.26262	-89.46868
Coleman Cemetery	33.02623	-89.68368
Cummings Cemetery	33.03457	-89.73424
Daniel Cemetery	33.19623	-89.63202
Dickerson Cemetery	32.96596	-89.81758
Dodd Cemetery	33.0029	-89.56396
Doty Springs Cemetery	33.0504	-89.3584
Eades Cemetery	33.26595	-89.4384
East County Line Cemetery	33.0204	-89.31895
Ebenezer Cemetery	33.0029	-89.40896
Edgefield Cemetery	33.12373	-89.33868
Ellington Cemetery	32.99457	-89.74619
Fletcher Cemetery	32.98401	-89.58396
Friendship Cemetery	33.28262	-89.54674
Guess Cemetery	33.13984	-89.72452
Hannah Cemetery	33.13873	-89.40284
Harmon Cemetery	32.97207	-89.74091
Harmonia Cemetery	32.97485	-89.79035
Harmony Cemetery	33.11623	-89.37812
Herring Cemetery	33.00262	-89.61035
Hill Springs Cemetery	32.99624	-89.71702
Himan Cemetery	33.15679	-89.7323
Holeman Cemetery	33.07568	-89.81091
Holy Grove Cemetery	33.17151	-89.54396
Hopewell Cemetery	32.90429	-89.7973
Hurricane Cemetery	33.04235	-89.65535
Isaac Cemetery	32.93846	-89.61618
Jenkins Cemetery	32.9679	-89.68424
Kelley Cemetery	32.97151	-89.36951
Kelly Cemetery	32.97207	-89.37201
Liberty Chapel Cemetery	33.19373	-89.48618
Liberty Hill Cemetery	33.21345	-89.38979
Lutheran Cemetery	32.97318	-89.83063
Macedonia Cemetery	33.18707	-89.59563
Macedonia Cemetery	33.01457	-89.34062
Malett Cemetery	32.98262	-89.66368
Marvin Chapel Cemetery	33.10901	-89.54368
Mayo Cemetery	33.22595	-89.70091
McClain Cemetery	32.93204	-89.75126
McCool Cemetery	33.19929	-89.3384
McCord Cemetery	33.13901	-89.50285
Mitchell Cemetery	32.91235	-89.87897
Mount Leviton Cemetery	33.1279	-89.46951
Mount Moriah Cemetery	33.00235	-89.44757
Mount Pilgrim Cemetery	33.19706	-89.3359
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	33.0079	-89.84397
Mount Vernon Cemetery	33.03373	-89.51285
Mount Zion Cemetery	33.09401	-89.65424
Mount Zion Cemetery	33.13318	-89.47229
Musselwhite Cemetery	33.10901	-89.6773
New Banyon Cemetery	32.96179	-89.85813
New Bethel Cemetery	33.04096	-89.74285
New Hope Cemetery	32.98457	-89.75508
New Hope Cemetery	33.05512	-89.47507
New Salem Cemetery	33.23213	-89.6115
Newhope Cemetery	33.23679	-89.55313
North Union Cemetery	33.20318	-89.69646

Historical populated places — 46 of 46

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch	33.16679	-89.35979
Aponaug	33.05846	-89.61952
Attalaville	33.00985	-89.78897
Auris	33.23346	-89.69564
Bear Creek	33.24124	-89.35563
Berea	33.23902	-89.43896
Beulah	32.95569	-89.48479
Bluff Springs	33.03346	-89.7348
Bowlin	33.08485	-89.77647
Branchville	32.93208	-89.83064
Burkettsville	33.15568	-89.61952
Carson Ridge	33.1043	-89.43202
Center Point	33.08485	-89.64591
Chapel Hill	33.26235	-89.46813
Chita	33.22568	-89.6023
Cowpen	33.0418	-89.4798
Doty Springs	33.05291	-89.35979
Edgefield	33.12457	-89.33757
Forrest	33.17596	-89.5173
Friendship	33.2854	-89.54591
Glendale	33.03207	-89.33757
Gregory	33.14457	-89.42229
Joplin	33.03124	-89.46535
Langley	33.21985	-89.5423
Liberty Hill	33.21124	-89.38979
Macedonia	33.18485	-89.59647
Mercer	33.04457	-89.45091
Munson	33.06957	-89.55424
New Hope	33.05569	-89.47646
New Hope	32.98485	-89.75425
Newtonville	33.06318	-89.41535
North Center	33.26957	-89.59035
North Union	33.20152	-89.69591
Oak Ridge	33.2404	-89.50841
Pilgrims Rest	33.18568	-89.51035
Pleasant Ridge	33.06263	-89.71675
Rockport	33.17235	-89.77092
Rutherford	32.94235	-89.7473
Sand Hill	33.19735	-89.64175
Shrock	32.88763	-89.8748
Steele	33.2154	-89.32646
Tabernacle	33.07846	-89.42868
Thompson	33.11679	-89.37924
Thweatt	33.01957	-89.64286
Unity	33.17096	-89.73064
Valena	32.9543	-89.88342

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

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