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Leflore County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
39historic places
—earliest paper
1871formed
28,339pop. 2020
36cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 39 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Greenwood, Sidon, Itta Bena.

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 Leflore titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 39 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

39 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Black SiteGreenwoodSite1978
Black SiteSidonSite1991
Boulevard Subdivision Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1986
Building at 308 Lamar StreetGreenwoodBuilding1985
Building at 312 George StreetGreenwoodBuilding1985
Building at 710 South BoulevardGreenwoodBuilding1985
Central Commercial and Railroad Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1985
Cotton Row Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1980
Downtown Greenwood Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict2020
Falls Site (22LF507)Minter CitySite1986
First Methodist Church of GreenwoodGreenwoodBuilding1985
Fort LefloreGreenwoodSite1979
Fort Pemberton SiteGreenwoodSite1973
Four Corners Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1985
Greenwood High SchoolGreenwoodBuilding1985
Greyhound Lines StationGreenwoodBuilding2010
Gritney Neighborhood Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict2022
Itta Bena Historic DistrictItta BenaDistrict2009
Keesler BridgeGreenwoodStructure1988
Lane's Chapel SiteMoneySite1976
MarclareGreenwoodBuilding1980
McLean Site (22LF513)Itta BenaSite1988
Murphey SiteItta BenaSite1993
Neill Archeological SiteWhaleySite1976
Provine HouseGreenwoodBuilding1980
Rebecca SiteSidonSite1991
River Road and Western Downtown Residential Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1986
Rosemary-Humphreys HouseGreenwoodBuilding1985
STAR OF THE WESTGreenwoodSite1975
Southworth HouseGreenwoodBuilding1985
Stratton Archeological SiteSidonSite1999
Sweethome MoundWakelandSite1978
Wesley Memorial Methodist EpiscopalGreenwoodBuilding1985
Wesley Methodist Church Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1999
Whaley Archeological SiteWhaleySite1976
Whittington, W. M., HouseGreenwoodBuilding1984
Wildwood Plantation Commissary and ShopMoneyBuilding2013
Williams Landing and Eastern Downtown Residential Historic DistrictGreenwoodDistrict1986
Wright HouseGreenwoodBuilding1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Leflore was formed in 1871 (1871-03-15) from Carroll, Sunflower.

LEFLORE created from CARROLL and SUNFLOWER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Leflore County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

54k32k10k188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,24623,83437,25653,40651,81347,14241,52537,94728,339

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

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

Cemeteries — 36 of 36 listed
NameLatLon
Bear Creek Cemetery33.42511-90.33647
Bernander Cemetery33.67428-90.18119
Cypress Grove Cemetery33.55567-90.12341
Eastmoney Cemetery33.63206-90.16063
Graves Cemetery33.27373-90.40008
Greenwood Memorial Park33.48929-90.19327
Hickory Ridge Cemetery33.319-90.41869
Humphrey Cemetery33.6865-90.35286
Ingleside Cemetery33.44512-90.23758
Jacobs Chapel Cemetery33.78622-90.31425
Jeremiah Cemetery33.46039-90.27063
Jones Chapel Cemetery33.799-90.22286
Jones Grove Cemetery33.80789-90.27286
Lanes Cemetery33.67594-90.24119
Little Zion Cemetery33.56317-90.21563
Loggins Cemetery33.54178-90.24341
Magnolia Cemetery33.51318-90.16592
Majet Cemetery33.71205-90.17452
McIntyre Cemetery33.47206-90.27702
McNutt Cemetery33.64602-90.37639
Mount Home Cemetery33.38234-90.39452
Mount Pisgah Cemetery33.41027-90.205
Neals Cemetery33.63206-90.11425
O Dell Cemetery33.4265-90.15786
Old Greenwood Cemetery33.51678-90.19063
Pleasant Valley Cemetery33.61456-90.40619
Robinson Cemetery33.3915-90.42119
Saint Mark Cemetery33.6115-90.1948
Saint Marys Cemetery33.76566-90.37758
Saint Paul Cemetery33.44512-90.2373
Saint Pauls Cemetery33.60428-90.28563
Salem Cemetery33.55872-90.23702
Scott Cemetery33.78428-90.40953
Sweet Home Cemetery33.60261-90.23341
Travel Rest Cemetery33.45178-90.22313
Watkins Cemetery33.72039-90.3323
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Sheppardtown33.39151-90.31342

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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