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Claiborne County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
36historic places
—earliest paper
1802formed
9,135pop. 2020
54cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 36 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Port Gibson, Alcorn, Lorman.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Mississippi is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Claiborne titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

24 of 36 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

36 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alcorn State University Historic DistrictLormanDistrict1982
Bayou Pierre SitePort GibsonSite1978
Bethel Presbyterian ChurchAlcornBuilding1978
Buena Vista Cotton GinPort GibsonSite1974
Building at 801 Chinquepin StreetPort GibsonBuilding1979
CanemountAlcornBuilding1982
Catholic CemeteryPort GibsonSite1979
Catledge Archeological SiteAlcornSite1974
Centers Creek MoundRussumSite1973
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy Historic DistrictPort GibsonBuilding1979
ClaremontPort GibsonBuilding1979
CollinaPort GibsonBuilding1979
Drake Hill Historic DistrictPort GibsonDistrict1979
Golden West CemeteryPort GibsonSite1979
Grand Gulf Military State ParkPort GibsonSite1972
IdlewildPort GibsonBuilding1979
Jewish CemeteryPort GibsonSite1979
Market Street-Suburb Ste. Mary Historic DistrictPort GibsonBuilding1979
McGregorPort GibsonBuilding1979
Nelson, John, SiteWillowsSite1974
Oakland Chapel NHLAlcornBuilding1974
Old Brickyard PlacePort GibsonBuilding1979
Old Depot Restaraunt and LoungePort GibsonBuilding1979
Old Natchez Trace (132-3T)Port GibsonStructure1976
Owens Creek BridgeUticaStructure1988
Port Gibson Battle Site NHLPort GibsonSite2005
Port Gibson BattlefieldPort GibsonSite1972
Port Gibson High School (Old)Port GibsonBuilding2016
Port Gibson Oil Works Mill BuildingPort GibsonBuilding1979
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic ChurchPort GibsonBuilding1987
Smithfield SiteBruinsburgSite1978
Van Dorn HousePort GibsonBuilding1971
Widow's Creek BridgePort GibsonStructure1988
Windsor RuinsPort GibsonSite1971
Windsor SitePort GibsonSite1979
Wintergreen CemeteryPort GibsonSite1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Claiborne was formed in 1802 (1802-01-27) from Jefferson.

CLAIBORNE created by Mississippi Territory from JEFFERSON; extended eastward to Georgia, thereby overlapping WASHINGTON (Ala.).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Claiborne County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

21k12k3,1021810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,1025,96313,07815,67916,76820,78713,01912,81011,94410,84512,27911,8319,135

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

54 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 54 of 54 listed
NameLatLon
Anderson Cemetery32.05765-90.72648
Beech Grove Cemetery31.91349-90.74871
Brandywine CemeteryNoneNone
Briscoe Cemetery31.91543-91.08288
Center Cemetery31.98626-90.85871
Cherry Farm Cemetery31.92238-90.83593
Christian CemeteryNoneNone
Cochrandale Cemetery31.91733-91.13495
Daniell Cemetery31.94488-91.12316
Darden Cemetery31.86821-90.8876
Douglass Cemetery31.93821-90.89621
Flowers Cemetery32.04182-90.76454
French Cemetery31.95404-90.82399
Grand Gulf Cemetery32.03071-91.04982
Harper Cemetery32.06432-90.82149
Harris CemeteryNoneNone
Hedrich Cemetery31.84657-90.82878
Henderson Cemetery32.13765-90.74982
Herlong Cemetery31.80432-90.78843
Holly Hill Cemetery31.87893-91.02218
Howard Cemetery31.97015-90.72315
Hulburt Cemetery31.92432-90.71843
Hulburt Cemetery31.92678-90.7205
Humphreys Cemetery32.00293-90.97788
Hutchins Cemetery32.16508-90.74331
Jewish Cemetery31.95599-90.97954
Jones Cemetery31.9946-90.79649
McCall CemeteryNoneNone
Oak Hill Cemetery31.87543-91.19622
Oakland College Cemetery31.87925-91.14293
Old Mount Tro Grove Cemetery31.96154-90.77787
Owens CemeteryNoneNone
Patona Cemetery31.9396-90.76565
Pearson CemeteryNoneNone
Pine Ridge CemeteryNoneNone
Pisgah Cemetery31.9171-90.74065
Port Gibson Catholic Cemetery31.95571-90.97899
Rocky Springs Cemetery32.09015-90.81343
Sanders Cemetery31.85682-90.78121
Sarepta Cemetery31.87265-90.76621
Scott Cemetery31.95765-90.99177
Segrest Cemetery31.82571-90.75009
Sessions CemeteryNoneNone
Shelby Cemetery31.95404-90.82426
Shield Cemetery31.96904-90.82343
Shiloh Cemetery32.04265-90.96343
Spring Hill Cemetery32.00265-91.01121
Templeton Cemetery32.07154-90.76176
Trevillion Cemetery31.81569-90.81291
Turnipseed Cemetery31.95737-90.88038
Valentine CemeteryNoneNone
Willis Cemetery32.05071-90.96399
Wilson Cemetery31.90515-90.94204
Wintergreen Cemetery31.95154-90.97927
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Hervey31.86405-90.76121
Pattona31.94044-90.76677
Sarepta31.87322-90.76677
Shelby31.95488-90.8251
Spring Plains32.14182-90.80427

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.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Port Gibson6,5088.9 kmMS006
Grand Gulf4,85514.7 kmMS004

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

Historical markers

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