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Coahoma County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
23historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
21,390pop. 2020
51cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Clarksdale, Friars Point, Coahoma.

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 Coahoma titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alcazar Hotel, NewClarksdaleBuilding1994
Barner Site (22CO542)ClarksdaleSite1984
Bobo Senior High School BuildingClarksdaleBuilding2008
Carson MoundsClarksdaleSite1979
Clark, John, HouseClarksdaleBuilding2003
Clarksdale Historic DistrictClarksdaleDistrict2009
Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdaleDistrict2026
Davis, Rufus, SiteClarksdaleSite1978
Dickerson Site (22CO502)Friars PointSite1986
Friars Point Historic DistrictFriars PointDistrict1999
Humber SiteFarrelSite1975
Myrtle Hall Branch Library for NegroesClarksdaleBuilding2018
Oliver SiteClarksdaleSite1974
Parchman Place SiteCoahomaSite1973
Prairie Plantation HouseClarksdaleBuilding1994
Salomon (Salmon) SiteCoahomaSite1984
Spendthrift Site (22CO520)MattsonSite1986
Sunflower LandingRena LaraSite1991
WROX BuildingClarksdaleBuilding2002
WilsfordLulaSite1974
Woolworth BuildingClarksdaleBuilding2009
Yazoo Pass LeveeMoon LakeSite1973
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Passenger DepotClarksdaleBuilding1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Coahoma was formed in 1836 (1836-03-01) from unknown / original county.

COAHOMA created from Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

49k25k1,2901840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,2906,60613,56826,29341,51148,33349,36146,21236,91830,62221,390

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

51 cemeteries and 20 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 51 of 51 listed
NameLatLon
Alcorn Cemetery34.30177-90.46815
Armistead Cemetery34.35038-90.61371
Barbee Cemetery34.42936-90.45953
Beth Israel Cemetery34.21737-90.57435
Bethlehem Cemetery34.44906-90.48294
Carson Cemetery34.29371-90.65899
Cherry Hill Cemetery34.05622-90.50259
Chrestman Cemetery34.27955-90.40315
Coahoma Cemetery34.36232-90.49482
Coahoma County Memorial Gardens34.21482-90.49315
Delta Cemetery34.40482-90.57121
Dickerson Cemetery34.26649-90.59732
Dogwood Cemetery34.1926-90.69732
Fredonia Cemetery34.3851-90.53732
Friars Point Cemetery34.3626-90.64149
Hackberry Cemetery34.17535-90.58291
Hebrew Cemetery34.07696-90.49936
Hull Cemetery34.37732-90.49009
Humber Cemetery34.27316-90.70454
Jerusalem Cemetery34.12121-90.79815
Johnson Cemetery34.0601-90.59759
Lone Oak Cemetery34.26704-90.67204
Lonesome Pine Cemetery34.26508-90.66349
Long Cemetery34.30732-90.52537
Maynard Cemetery34.37927-90.62871
Montroy Cemetery34.39149-90.52898
Moten Cemetery34.32093-90.63593
Mount Aaron Cemetery34.32149-90.62621
Mount Horeb Cemetery34.12066-90.51898
Mount Mariah Cemetery34.33121-90.54315
Mount Nebo Cemetery34.49343-90.5451
Nathan Cemetery34.19954-90.73037
Oak Ridge Cemetery34.27106-90.63583
Oakridge Cemetery34.21247-90.60518
Old Dickerson Cemetery34.31427-90.61593
Pawpaw Cemetery34.19038-90.54954
Pee Dee Cemetery34.25513-90.64855
Philadelphia Cemetery34.08566-90.45231
Pleasant Valley Cemetery34.12594-90.48703
Pleasant Valley Cemetery34.2651-90.67149
Robinson Cemetery34.05816-90.60204
Russell Cemetery34.06316-90.58259
Saint James Cemetery34.23175-90.58861
Saint Pauls Cemetery34.13205-90.54565
Saunders Cemetery34.34066-90.57148
Shufordsville Cemetery34.22482-90.54704
Sycamore Grove Cemetery34.30927-90.64982
Thompson Cemetery34.48065-90.5426
True Vine Cemetery34.09899-90.51342
Walton Cemetery34.41732-90.48648
Zion Traveler Cemetery34.26593-90.71899
Historical populated places — 20 of 20
NameLatLon
Africa34.064-90.65149
Baugh34.19622-90.72871
Cleary34.35566-90.43204
Eleanor34.43622-90.47649
Fitch34.03095-90.45648
Gerald34.40149-90.57427
Glendale34.51677-90.57594
Harrs Place34.17566-90.57927
Ingram34.41538-90.39843
Iris34.28205-90.41676
Mascot34.45427-90.49455
Moon Lake34.44011-90.49538
Popsons34.00511-90.46676
Robertsville34.24677-90.78399
Shutersville34.22511-90.54177
State Levee34.50483-90.54177
Stillons34.05872-90.47759
Stokes34.41677-90.56955
Sunday34.35011-90.45288
Wildwood34.37844-90.44815

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
Helena7,25534.0 kmAR008

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

Historical markers

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