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Grenada County, Mississippi

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16historic places

—earliest paper

1870formed

21,629pop. 2020

129cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Grenada, Holcomb.

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

11 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Confederate Earthworks	Grenada	Site	1973
Confederate Redoubt	Grenada	Structure	2015
Evergreen Plantation	Grenada	Building	1977
Glenwild Plantation Manager's House	Grenada	Building	1999
Grenada Bank	Grenada	Building	1978
Grenada Downtown Historic District	Grenada	District	2014
Grenada Masonic Temple	Grenada	Building	1988
Illinois Central Depot	Grenada	Building	1988
Lee-Dubard House	Grenada	Building	1988
Margin St. Historic District	Grenada	District	1988
Odd Fellows and Confederate Cemetery	Grenada	Site	1988
Providence Cemetery	Grenada	Site	1991
South Main Historic District	Grenada	District	1988
US Post Office-Grenada	Grenada	Building	1985
Walthall, Sen. Edward C., House	Grenada	Building	1988
Wild Wings Mounds (22Gr713)	Holcomb	Site	1988

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Grenada was formed in 1870 (1870-05-09) from Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha.

GRENADA created from CARROLL, CHOCTAW, TALLAHATCHIE, and YALOBUSHA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Grenada County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
10,571	12,071	14,112	13,607	19,052	18,830	18,409	21,043	23,263	21,629

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

129 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 129 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allen Cemetery	None	None
Baker Cemetery	33.82344	-89.89397
Baker Cemetery	33.88511	-89.91036
Barksdale Cemetery	33.86566	-89.75424
Barksdale Cemetery	None	None
Barnard Cemetery	33.86122	-89.69175
Beard Cemetery	33.74011	-89.98286
Beck Cemetery	None	None
Benford Cemetery	None	None
Bethel Cemetery	33.72122	-89.80258
Bethel Cemetery	33.79094	-90.00953
Bethleham Cemetery	33.71122	-89.70924
Bob Quarters Cemetery	33.7903	-89.67256
Bowes Cemetery	None	None
Brown Cemetery	None	None
Browns Cemetery	33.80716	-89.69322
Brunfield Cemetery	None	None
Bush Cemetery	None	None
Butler Cemetery	None	None
Cedar Grove Cemetery	None	None
Chapel Hill Cemetery	33.7065	-89.52202
Clark Cemetery	None	None
Cole Cemetery	33.83178	-89.89536
Confederate Cemetery	33.77476	-89.81075
Cooley-Hawkins Cemetery	None	None
Crowder Cemetery	None	None
Crowder Cemetery	None	None
Dailey Cemetery	None	None
Davis Cemetery	None	None
Dobbs Cemetery	None	None
Dodson Cemetery	33.75429	-89.68147
Dubois Cemetery	None	None
Duncan Cemetery	33.7415	-90.00175
Elliott Cemetery	None	None
Epson Cemetery	None	None
Fisher Cemetery	None	None
Frasier Cemetery	None	None
Gillman Cemetery	None	None
Gore Springs Cemetery	33.75394	-89.61498
Graves Cemetery	None	None
Griffin Cemetery	None	None
Griffin Cemetery	None	None
Hardiman Cemetery	33.69817	-89.82758
Harris Cemetery	33.85066	-89.88091
Harris Cemetery	None	None
Haywood Cemetery	None	None
Hebron Cemetery	33.77671	-89.76585
Hill Cemetery	None	None
Hoffa Cemetery	None	None
Holcomb Cemetery	None	None
Hope Cemetery	None	None
Hope-Crane Cemetery	None	None
Horton Cemetery	None	None
Horton Cemetery	None	None
Ingram Cemetery	None	None
James Cemetery	None	None
Jones Cemetery	33.85228	-89.54591
Jones Cemetery	33.86372	-89.75424
Jones Chapel Cemetery	33.82265	-89.86404
Kincaide Cemetery	None	None
Kirkman Cemetery	33.85511	-89.75397
Knox Cemetery	None	None
Lake Cemetery	None	None
Lamon Cemetery	None	None
Lawrence Cemetery	None	None
Leflora Cemetery	None	None
Legg Chapel Cemetery	None	None
Ligon Cemetery	None	None
Lucas Cemetery	None	None
Mahue Cemetery	None	None
Martin Cemetery	None	None
Mays Cemetery	None	None
McCraken Cemetery	None	None
McSwine Cemetery	33.82539	-89.90341
Mistor Cemetery	None	None
Mitchell Cemetery	None	None
Mount Carmel Cemetery	33.69039	-89.87814
Mount Carney Cemetery	None	None
Mount Nebo Cemetery	33.85347	-89.52915
Mount Ollie Cemetery	None	None

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Chocchuma	33.75234	-90.02148

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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