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Covington County, Mississippi

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3historic places

—earliest paper

1819formed

18,340pop. 2020

118cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1991. Most listings are in or near Collins, Mount Olive.

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

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

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Carver Central High School	Collins	Building	2019
Covington County Courthouse	Collins	Building	1991
Mount Olive Historic District	Mount Olive	District	2019

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Covington was formed in 1819 (1819-02-05) from Lawrence, Wayne.

COVINGTON created from LAWRENCE and WAYNE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Covington County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,230	2,717	4,408	5,993	13,076	14,869	17,030	16,036	13,637	15,927	19,407	18,340

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 118 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Atwood Family Cemetery	31.52916	-89.51055
Aultman Cemetery	31.49739	-89.54923
Aultman Cemetery	None	None
Aultman Cemetery	None	None
Barnes Cemetery	31.76099	-89.42478
Berkhalter Cemetery	31.75599	-89.52645
Bethel Cemetery	31.53877	-89.40756
Bethel Cemetery	31.60183	-89.40811
Bethlehem Church Cemetery	31.46711	-89.52728
Big Lane Cemetery	31.64349	-89.48867
Blakley Cemetery	31.73571	-89.56729
Bouie Cemetery	None	None
Bowie Creek Cemetery	31.56131	-89.64368
Bullock Cemetery	31.57445	-89.56677
Bullock Cemetery	31.50004	-89.42754
Byrd Cemetery	31.48937	-89.4679
Calhoun Cemetery	31.74075	-89.44331
Church of God Cemetery	None	None
Clark Cemetery	31.46128	-89.56395
Cold Springs Cemetery	31.61738	-89.54479
Collins Cemetery	31.63599	-89.55756
Cooley Springs Cemetery	31.72516	-89.67034
Coulter Cemetery	31.56266	-89.60701
Coulter Cemetery	31.55266	-89.62451
Crosby Cemetery	31.54322	-89.46506
Davis Cemetery	31.52877	-89.55479
Dossett Cemetery	None	None
Eminence Cemetery	31.61128	-89.43391
Eminence Cemetery	31.61011	-89.43329
Evergreen Cemetery	None	None
Folks Cemetery	None	None
Friendship Cemetery	31.64243	-89.68834
Friendship Cemetery	31.63988	-89.69007
Gandsi Cemetery	None	None
Gates Cemetery	31.481	-89.58312
Geiger Cemetery	31.64016	-89.45423
Graham Cemetery	31.45989	-89.57368
Hatten Cemetery	None	None
Hemeter Cemetery	31.58877	-89.57201
Herrin Cemetery	None	None
Holy Temple Cemetery	31.53405	-89.54229
Jesse Bryant Cemetery	31.46571	-89.40772
Jorden Cemetery	None	None
Kelly Cemetery	31.58849	-89.4345
Kelly Cemetery	None	None
Kelly Cemetery	None	None
Knight Cemetery	31.6896	-89.41784
Kola Cemetery	None	None
Kola Cemetery	31.63238	-89.52395
Leaf River Cemetery	31.67155	-89.43756
Lebanon Cemetery	31.59488	-89.44312
Lee Cemetery	None	None
Liberty Cemetery	31.58711	-89.5584
Lone Star Cemetery	31.63405	-89.72229
Lott Cemetery	31.44489	-89.45589
Lott Cemetery	31.48151	-89.43831
Lott Cemetery	None	None
Lott Cemetery	None	None
Lowery Cemetery	31.49905	-89.58256
Lowery Cemetery	None	None
Lowery Cemetery	None	None
Martin Cemetery	31.45239	-89.55284
McDonald Cemetery	31.60905	-89.57534
McNair Cemetery	31.76694	-89.68162
McRea Cemetery	None	None
Miller Cemetery	31.55673	-89.62338
Moore Cemetery	31.57933	-89.47617
Moscos Cemetery	31.60405	-89.48423
Mount Horeb Cemetery	31.57671	-89.56904
Mount Olive City Cemetery	31.76461	-89.66868
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	31.69405	-89.69673
New Hope Cemetery	31.47072	-89.52062
New Hopewell Church Cemetery	31.76822	-89.44423
Oakdale Cemetery	31.51655	-89.57645
Oakdale Cemetery	31.7021	-89.72257
Oakohay Cemetery	31.76794	-89.48201
Old Chapel Cemetery	31.59322	-89.68562
Old Hopewell Cemetery	31.72016	-89.47089
Old Union Cemetery	None	None
Ora Cemetery	31.65821	-89.58173

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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