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Choctaw County, Mississippi

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5historic places

—earliest paper

1833formed

8,246pop. 2020

84cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near French Camp, Ackerman, Mathiston.

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

3 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Choctaw Lake Ranger House	Ackerman	Building	2001
Drane, Col. James, House	French Camp	Building	1983
Janet's Mound	French Camp	Site	1991
Old Natchez Trace (230-3H)	Mathiston	Structure	1976
Weir, Col. John, House	Weir	Building	1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Choctaw was formed in 1833 (1833-12-23) from Lowndes, Madison, Monroe.

CHOCTAW created from LOWNDES, MADISON, MONROE, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,010	15,722	9,036	13,036	12,491	13,548	11,009	8,423	8,996	9,758	8,246

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

84 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 84 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antiocho Cemetery	33.42762	-89.18423
Ballard Cemetery	33.13401	-89.30145
Bankston Cemetery	33.39678	-89.36812
Bethel Cemetery	33.50262	-89.21173
Bethlehem Cemetery	33.34262	-89.13978
Bethlehem Cemetery	33.3429	-89.37034
Bethsalem Cemetery	33.43123	-89.14006
Bethsalem Presbyterian Church Cemetery	33.19845	-89.17716
Beulah Cemetery	33.24179	-89.29001
Big Jerusalem Cemetery	33.23456	-89.18673
Bluff Spring Cemetery	33.49289	-89.28673
Blythe Creek Cemetery	33.45762	-89.14311
Bowles Cemetery	33.44206	-89.23673
Cathledge Cemetery	33.26151	-89.13617
Chapel Hill Cemetery	33.41567	-89.30117
Chester Cemetery	33.36067	-89.24006
Clear Springs Cemetery	33.4004	-89.28617
Cox Cemetery	None	None
Crape Creek Cemetery	33.38839	-89.41996
Curtis Cemetery	None	None
Dacus Cemetery	33.37734	-89.44229
Dobbs Cemetery	None	None
Downing Cemetery	None	None
Ebenezer Cemetery	33.4154	-89.40395
Enon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery	33.32123	-89.17478
Fellowship Cemetery	33.50539	-89.16673
Fentress Cemetery	33.29984	-89.22256
Freewill Cemetery	33.40512	-89.4459
French Camp Cemetery	33.29456	-89.40701
Hamrick Cemetery	33.38373	-89.33562
Head Cemetery	33.26845	-89.15867
Hebron Cemetery	None	None
Hemphill Cemetery	33.29373	-89.3834
Hopewell Cemetery	33.12234	-89.28395
Hopewell Cemetery	33.18373	-89.27895
Jarod Cemetery	None	None
Jayroe Cemetery	None	None
Jenkins Cemetery	33.42178	-89.38951
La Grange Cemetery	33.50984	-89.21451
Lebanon Cemetery	33.32901	-89.22367
Little Shaw Cemetery	None	None
Love Cemetery	None	None
Luddock Cemetery	None	None
Macedonia Cemetery	33.39151	-89.147
Malone Cemetery	None	None
McCurtin Creek Cemetery	33.41623	-89.34951
McMinn Cemetery	33.41289	-89.12367
Mill Springs Cemetery	33.30651	-89.33618
Morrison Cemetery	None	None
Moss Cemetery	None	None
Mount Airy Cemetery	33.34956	-89.127
Mount Moriah Cemetery	33.30095	-89.34534
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	33.47595	-89.23812
Mount Zion Cemetery	33.15929	-89.26145
Mullens Cemetery	None	None
Nebo Cemetery	33.39206	-89.22034
New Haven Cemetery	33.37484	-89.36701
New Zion Cemetery	33.34456	-89.28729
Old Antioch Cemetery	33.37734	-89.45034
Old Concord Cemetery	33.21459	-89.21403
Old Mount Pisgah Cemetery	33.45984	-89.21812
Old Salem Cemetery	None	None
Owens Chapel Cemetery	33.14262	-89.22284
Penderville Cemetery	33.2554	-89.25506
Pigeon Roost Cemetery	None	None
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery	33.42901	-89.2534
Pisgah Cemetery	33.35151	-89.3184
Providence Cemetery	33.38956	-89.30173
Rosemond Cemetery	None	None
Salem Cemetery	33.37151	-89.26145
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery	33.19706	-89.23534
Shiloh Cemetery	None	None
Simpson Cemetery	None	None
South Union Cemetery	33.32595	-89.23117
Spring Hill Cemetery	33.40151	-89.11756
Staples Cemetery	None	None
Tanksley Cemetery	33.21817	-89.1095
Thompson Cemetery	33.40012	-89.4234
Trussell Cemetery	None	None
Turner Cemetery	33.22579	-89.14332

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

Historical markers

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