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Issaquena County, Mississippi

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5historic places

—earliest paper

1844formed

1,338pop. 2020

—cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Valley Park, Mayersville, Grace.

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 Issaquena titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Aden Site (22Is509;22M3)	Valley Park	Site	1988
Blackwell, Unita, House	Mayersville	Building	2022
Grace Archeological Site	Grace	Site	2002
Mayersville Archeological Site	Mayersville	Site	1980
Railroad Section Foreman's House	Valley Park	Building	1999

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Issaquena was formed in 1844 (1844-01-23) from Washington.

ISSAQUENA created from WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Issaquena County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,478	7,831	10,004	10,400	7,618	6,433	4,966	3,576	2,513	2,274	1,338

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

0 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Alexander	32.86763	-91.08288
Arcadia	32.64875	-91.12566
Homochitto	32.86763	-91.06011
Ingomar	32.62708	-91.04483
Parks Place	32.78819	-91.13455

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.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Goodrich'S Landing	12,524	17.1 km	LA014

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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