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Lowndes County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles

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35historic places

—earliest paper

1830formed

58,879pop. 2020

135cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Columbus, Caledonia.

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 Lowndes titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Brownrigg-Harris-Kennebrew House	Columbus	Building	1978
Butler Mound and Village Site	Columbus	Site	1978
Cedars, The	Columbus	Building	1979
Columbus Bridge	Columbus	Structure	1988
Columbus Central Commercial Historic District	Columbus	District	1980
Cox-Uithoven House	Columbus	Building	1980
Ervin, William E., House	Columbus	Building	1989
Factory Hill-Frog Bottom-Burns Bottom Historic District	Columbus	District	1980
Friendship Cemetery	Columbus	Site	1980
Gatchell, Kenneth, House	Columbus	Building	1978
Harris-Banks House	Columbus	Building	1978
Hickory Sticks	Columbus	Building	1977
James Creek No. 1 Site	Columbus	Site	1978
Jones-Banks-Leigh House	Columbus	Building	1985
Lee, S. D., House	Columbus	Building	1971
Lee, S.D., High School	Columbus	Building	2019
Lindamood Building of Palmer Home for Children	Columbus	Building	1993
MacKay Mound	Columbus	Site	1978
McLaran, Charles, House NHL	Columbus	Building	1976
Motley Slough Bridge	Columbus	Structure	1988
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church	Caledonia	Building	2007
Old Fort House	Columbus	Building	1985
Owen-Richardson-Owen House	Columbus	Building	2007
Plymouth	Columbus	Site	1980
Rosedale	Columbus	Building	1994
Sims-Brown House	Columbus	Building	1997
Snowdoun	Columbus	Building	1978
South Columbus Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Columbus	District	1982
South Columbus Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Columbus	District	2005
South Columbus Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)	Columbus	District	2021
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Rectory, Old	Columbus	Building	1996
Sykes-Leigh House	Columbus	Building	1985
Symons House	Columbus	Building	1979
U.S. Post Office	Columbus	Building	1983
Weaver Place	Columbus	Building	1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lowndes was formed in 1830 (1830-01-30) from Monroe.

LOWNDES created from MONROE and Non-County Area 4 attached to MONROE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lowndes County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,173	14,513	23,625	28,244	29,095	27,632	35,245	37,852	46,639	57,304	61,586	58,879

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

135 cemeteries and 15 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 135 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams Family Cemetery	None	None
Artesia New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	None	None
Artesia United Methodist Church Cemetery	None	None
Baldwyn Cemetery	None	None
Beersheba Presbyterian Cemetery	None	None
Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery	None	None
Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery	None	None
Bethesda Cemetery	None	None
Beulah Grove Church Cemetery	None	None
Billups Chapel Cemetery I	None	None
Billups Chapel Cemetery II	None	None
Billups Community Cemetery	None	None
Blewett-Gholson Cemetery	None	None
Bluff Cemetery	None	None
Botters Cemetery	33.63857	-88.38028
Brick Church Cemetery	None	None
Brooks - Henkel Cemetery	33.32469	-88.66491
Brooks-Henkel Cemetery	None	None
Brown Cemetery	None	None
Brown Ridge MB Church Cemetery	None	None
Brownlee Cemetery	None	None
Bulas-Taylor Cemetery	None	None
Canfield - Plymouth Cemetery	None	None
Carr Cemetery	33.29934	-88.61631
Cedar Grove MB Church Cemetery	None	None
Chandler Cemetery	33.304	-88.33948
Chestnut Log Cemetery	None	None
Columbus AFB Cemetery	None	None
Columbus Air Force Base Cemetery	None	None
Community Baptist Church Cemetery	None	None
Concord CME Cemetery	None	None
Crawford Grain Elevator Cemetery	None	None
Crawford Oaklimb Cemetery	33.30271	-88.64071
Double Springs Methodist Church	None	None
East Sand Creek Cemetery	None	None
East Sandfield Cemetery	None	None
Egger Cemetery	33.72464	-88.31565
Ervin Family Cemetery	None	None
Fairview Cemetery	33.31647	-88.53165
Feemster Cemetery	None	None
Friendship Cemetery	None	None
Greater Mount Olive MB Church Cemetery	None	None
Greenlawn Memorial Park	33.46313	-88.38728
Hackleman Family Cemetery	None	None
Hairston Cemetery	None	None
Hairston Family Cemetery	None	None
Hairston Plantation Cemetery	None	None
Hairston-James Cemetery	None	None
Halbert Family Cemetery	None	None
Harris Cemetery	None	None
Harrison Cemetery	None	None
Historic Sandfield Cemetery	None	None
Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery	None	None
Jennings Cemetery	33.36762	-88.52592
Kirksey - Foster Cemetery	None	None
Kolb Cemetery	None	None
Kolb Family Cemetery	None	None
Lanier Cemetery	None	None
Lawrence Randle Cemetery	None	None
Lebanon Baptist Church and Cemetery	None	None
Ledbetter Cemetery	33.30108	-88.5831
Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery	None	None
Loftis Family Cemetery	None	None
Lone Oak Cemetery	None	None
Lone Oak Church of Christ Cemetery	None	None
Mayhew Cemetery	33.47648	-88.63705
McCottrell Cemetery	None	None
Memorial Gardens of Columbus	33.47984	-88.49115
Midway Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery I	None	None
Midway Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery II	None	None
Motley Cemetery	33.46846	-88.55759
Mount Ararat Cemetery	33.44136	-88.50058
Mount Ariery Church Cemetery	None	None
Mount Pelier MB Church Cemetery	None	None
Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery	None	None
Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery	None	None
Murrah Chapel Cemetery	None	None
Nash Cemetery	None	None
New Hope-Armstrong Cemetery	None	None
New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	33.37889	-88.59007

Historical populated places — 15 of 15

Name	Lat	Lon
Allendale	33.39457	-88.53115
Border Springs	33.66261	-88.26837
Cedar Creek	33.32096	-88.44032
Chins Springs	33.67706	-88.39643
Flynn	33.5379	-88.44587
Grattam	33.31207	-88.47226
McIntyre	33.45706	-88.52282
Mount Zion	33.40845	-88.30642
Nashville	33.32651	-88.32365
Plymouth	33.52317	-88.50171
Prairie Hill	33.40568	-88.58616
Shula Grove	33.43345	-88.57727
Trinity	33.34595	-88.46226
West Port	33.48706	-88.45504
Wolfe Creek	33.49179	-88.65838

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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