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Copiah County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
35historic places
—earliest paper
1823formed
28,368pop. 2020
124cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Hazlehurst, Crystal Springs, Wesson.

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

26 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ailes HouseCrystal SpringsBuilding1991
Alford-Little HouseGeorgetownBuilding1982
Bayou Pierre BridgeCarpenterStructure2005
Brewer PlaceCrystal SpringsBuilding2016
Carpenter United Methodist ChurchUticaBuilding1996
Cherry GroveCrystal SpringsBuilding1990
Cook HouseHazlehurstBuilding1983
Copley, George Washington, HouseCrystal SpringsBuilding1996
Covington, Robert L., HouseHazlehurstBuilding1984
Crystal Springs Historic DistrictCrystal SpringsDistrict1997
Ellis, Isaac Newton, HouseHazlehurstBuilding1987
Gallman Historic DistrictGallmanDistrict1986
Gatesville BridgeGatesvilleStructure1988
Georgetown Methodist ChurchGeorgetownBuilding2016
Hargrave HouseHazlehurstBuilding1993
Hazlehurst Historic DistrictHazlehurstDistrict1998
Homochitto River BridgeHazelhurstStructure1988
Huber, Charles Morris, HouseCrystal SpringsBuilding1994
Illinois Central Railroad Passenger DepotHazlehurstBuilding1996
Little, Dr. William, HouseWessonBuilding1993
Marchetti FarmHazlehurstDistrict1996
Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping RoomsWessonBuilding1996
Mount HopeHazlehurstBuilding1985
Old Wesson Public School BuildingWessonBuilding1980
Parsons, C. H., HouseCrystal SpringsBuilding1984
Pearl River Bridge on Mississippi Highway 28GeorgetownStructure2005
Pleasant Valley Methodist ChurchHazlehurstBuilding1996
Rea, Dr. Robert W., HouseWessonBuilding1996
Rea, James Samuel, HouseWessonBuilding1996
Tabernacle Methodist ChurchHazlehurstBuilding1996
US Post Office-Crystal SpringsCrystal SpringsBuilding1993
US Post Office-HazlehurstHazlehurstBuilding1993
Welch, Jenkins H., HouseHazelhurstBuilding1988
Wesson Presbyterian ChurchWessonBuilding2015
Willing, Col. William James, HouseCrystal SpringsBuilding1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Copiah was formed in 1823 (1823-01-21) from Franklin, Hinds, Lawrence.

COPIAH created from FRANKLIN, HINDS, and LAWRENCE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Copiah County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

36k21k7,00118301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,0018,95415,39827,55234,39528,67233,97430,49327,05126,50328,75728,368

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

124 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 124 listed
NameLatLon
Alford Cemetery31.95265-90.37509
Allen Cellis CemeteryNoneNone
Allen CemeteryNoneNone
Antioch Cemetery31.79655-90.57342
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery31.8325-90.40112
Ashley Cemetery31.80182-90.26175
Barnes CemeteryNoneNone
Batton CemeteryNoneNone
Beauregard Cemetery31.72571-90.38314
Beauregard CemeteryNoneNone
Bethel Cemetery31.94015-90.63759
Bethel Cemetery31.94182-90.63676
Bethel Cemetery31.85849-90.26953
Bethesda Cemetery31.90297-90.33566
Bridges Cemetery31.99336-90.26059
Brushy Creek Cemetery31.9246-90.2223
Butler CemeteryNoneNone
Carpenter Cemetery32.04529-90.6828
Catchings CemeteryNoneNone
Clear Springs Cemetery31.93265-90.41092
Coor Springs CemeteryNoneNone
County Line Cemetery32.03626-90.33481
Crystal Springs Cemetery31.9779-90.35843
Damascus Cemetery31.88472-90.39739
Davis CemeteryNoneNone
Deaton Cemetery31.90738-90.43675
Edwards Cemetery31.7646-90.49787
Edwards CemeteryNoneNone
Ellington CemeteryNoneNone
Ferguson CemeteryNoneNone
Flower Hill Cemetery31.96682-90.61315
Flowers-Nelson CemeteryNoneNone
Franklin Chapel Cemetery31.74516-90.35953
Freetown CemeteryNoneNone
Galilee Cemetery31.7996-90.17786
Gallilee CemeteryNoneNone
Gallman Cemetery31.93349-90.39148
Georgetown Cemetery31.87876-90.15675
Grant Cemetery31.95599-90.67037
Graves CemeteryNoneNone
Green Cemetery31.98571-90.59231
Greenlee Cemetery31.91988-90.69148
Harmony Cemetery31.93293-90.27981
Hartley Cemetery31.79877-90.72843
Hawkins Cemetery31.83182-90.6562
Hazlehurst Cemetery31.85262-90.3996
Hennington-Flowers CemeteryNoneNone
Higdon CemeteryNoneNone
Hill Cemetery32.00321-90.65982
Hopewell CemeteryNoneNone
Jacobs CemeteryNoneNone
James CemeteryNoneNone
Johnson CemeteryNoneNone
Joshua Hennington CemeteryNoneNone
King CemeteryNoneNone
King CemeteryNoneNone
Lily Mae Cemetery31.84821-90.16286
Little Rock Cemetery31.91071-90.31814
Little Zion Cemetery31.95487-90.65454
Lowe Cemetery31.7596-90.14452
Loyd CemeteryNoneNone
Lynch CemeteryNoneNone
Martin CemeteryNoneNone
Martinsville CemeteryNoneNone
McGee CemeteryNoneNone
McKinnis CemeteryNoneNone
Mercy Seat Cemetery31.71683-90.59342
Miller Springs Cemetery32.02938-90.49583
Millsaps Cemetery31.77269-90.5441
Mitchell CemeteryNoneNone
Morning Star Cemetery32.03848-90.5912
Mount Hope Cemetery31.8796-90.5762
Mount Zion Cemetery31.96182-90.56565
Mullens Cemetery31.80349-90.32592
Murry CemeteryNoneNone
Nelson Cemetery31.89099-90.69148
New Hope Cemetery31.87376-90.19453
New Providence Cemetery31.74988-90.65343
New Zion Cemetery32.00126-90.43842
Norman Cemetery31.76655-90.13619
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Burtonton31.99321-90.69593
Coaler31.85183-90.16203
Coars Springs31.89738-90.28203
Harperville32.0446-90.48482
Kinnaird31.83766-90.16064
Linden31.90016-90.68899
Old Georgetown31.87099-90.14314

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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