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Humphreys County, Mississippi

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6historic places

—earliest paper

1918formed

7,785pop. 2020

17cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Belzoni, Midnight, Lake City.

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 Humphreys titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Belzoni Mound (22HU500)	Belzoni	Site	1988
Humphreys County Courthouse	Belzoni	Building	2014
Jaketown Site NHL	Belzoni	Site	1973
Midnight Mound Site (22HU509)	Midnight	Site	1986
Parker-Summerfield Mound Archeological Site	Midnight	Site	1997
Slate Archeological Site	Lake City	Site	1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Humphreys was formed in 1918 (1918-05-31) from Holmes, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo.

HUMPHREYS created from HOLMES, SHARKEY, SUNFLOWER, WASHINGTON, and YAZOO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Humphreys County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
19,192	26,257	23,115	19,093	13,931	11,206	7,785

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

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

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Balup Cemetery	32.97068	-90.58703
Bellewood Cemetery	33.07762	-90.52397
Brown Cemetery	32.94957	-90.47592
Carson Cemetery	33.14317	-90.49786
Fullilove Cemetery	33.13512	-90.38342
Goshen Cemetery	32.94207	-90.59175
Holly Grove Cemetery	33.18095	-90.42675
Huddleston Cemetery	32.97484	-90.59064
Jones Cemetery	33.1229	-90.38369
Macedonia Cemetery	33.22623	-90.48425
Mathena Cemetery	33.19095	-90.38369
Mount Airy Cemetery	33.329	-90.54647
Mount Everet Cemetery	33.2329	-90.45064
Mount Zion Cemetery	33.2054	-90.48453
Pilgrim Rest Cemetery	33.25036	-90.66971
Sky Lake Bend Cemetery	33.28456	-90.48147
Woodland Cemetery	33.19067	-90.45036

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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