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Marion County, Mississippi

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11historic places

—earliest paper

1811formed

24,441pop. 2020

69cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Columbia, Sandy Hook.

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

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

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Broad Street-Church Street Historic District	Columbia	District	2008
Columbia Country Club	Columbia	District	2015
Columbia North Residential Historic District	Columbia	District	2009
Downtown Columbia Historic District	Columbia	District	1997
Downtown Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Columbia	District	1998
Ford House	Sandy Hook	Building	1971
Keys Hill Historic District	Columbia	District	1982
Lampton-Thompson-Bourne House	Columbia	Building	1998
Marion County Courthouse and Jail	Columbia	Building	1995
Superintendent's Home at Columbia Training School	Columbia	Building	1995
U.S. Post Office	Columbia	Building	1981

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Marion was formed in 1811 (1811-12-09) from Amite, Franklin, Wayne.

MARION created by Mississippi Territory from AMITE, FRANKLIN, WAYNE, and Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Marion County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,116	3,830	4,686	6,901	13,501	17,144	24,085	23,967	23,293	25,708	25,595	24,441

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

69 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 69 of 69 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allen Cemetery	31.41961	-89.76229
Antioch Cemetery	31.21934	-89.77646
Barnes Cemetery	None	None
Baylis Chapel Cemetery	31.25759	-89.70904
Blackburn Cemetery	None	None
Breakfield Cemetery	31.24235	-89.72947
Broom Cemetery	31.27357	-89.71966
Bunker Hill Cemetery	31.38918	-89.80261
Bunker Hill Memorial Cemetery	31.39054	-89.79553
Capp Cemetery	31.12007	-89.77353
Cedar Grove Cemetery	31.30906	-89.85313
Clear Creek Cemetery	31.0622	-89.65907
Columbia City Cemetery	31.25518	-89.83397
Cook Cemetery	31.21101	-89.72535
Darbun Cemetery	31.26823	-90.03841
East Columbia Cemetery	31.22628	-89.78368
Ebenezer Cemetery	31.43356	-89.78261
Emmanuel Cemetery	31.30684	-89.81896
Enon Cemetery	31.26179	-89.67771
Expose Cemetery	31.321	-89.86535
Ford Cemetery	31.01094	-89.71889
Ford Chapel Cemetery	31.00697	-89.79917
Fortenberry Cemetery	31.10629	-89.91952
Foxworth Cemetery	31.22795	-89.88813
Friendship Cemetery	31.24434	-89.78841
Good Hope Cemetery	31.36413	-89.76874
Harmony Cemetery	31.28406	-89.82563
Holly Springs Cemetery	31.31628	-89.9773
Holmes Cemetery	None	None
Hopewell Cemetery	31.33572	-89.66173
Hurricane Creek Cemetery	31.0974	-89.87174
Improve Cemetery	31.3153	-89.72543
Kokomo Cemetery	31.19934	-90.00175
Little Rock Cemetery	31.24934	-89.96397
Lott Memorial Cemetery	31.15934	-89.89674
Morgantown Cemetery	31.30989	-89.92369
Mount Gilead Cemetery	31.38406	-89.68396
Mount Sinai Cemetery	31.29517	-89.98175
New Damascus Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	31.20989	-90.00536
New Hope Cemetery	31.0116	-89.72853
New Union Cemetery	31.39303	-89.74404
New Zion Cemetery	31.19378	-89.79896
North Columbia City Cemetery	31.26546	-89.82804
Oak Grove Cemetery	31.29656	-89.89841
Old Broom Cemetery	31.41239	-89.6684
Pearl River Cemetery	31.07751	-89.82349
Pinebur Cemetery	31.1458	-89.6628
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	31.21934	-89.8923
Pope Cemetery	31.26407	-89.84279
Randle Cemetery	31.38734	-89.75299
Raybourn Cemetery	31.37739	-89.70674
Richland Creek Cemetery	31.25962	-89.9423
Rose Hill Baptist Church Cemetery	31.04824	-89.74729
Rose Hill Cemetery	31.33322	-89.70896
Sandy Hook Cemetery	31.03799	-89.80607
Sandy Hook Cemetery	31.03275	-89.80214
Singley Cemetery	31.286	-89.72924
Smith Cemetery	31.25517	-89.95674
Spring Cottage Cemetery	31.07358	-89.7628
Stringer Cemetery	31.31104	-89.72977
Stringer Cemetery	31.34556	-89.75297
Sunflower Cemetery	31.16851	-89.84757
Thompson Chapel Cemetery	31.40378	-89.77479
Tolar Cemetery	31.27757	-89.66779
Turnage Chapel Cemetery	31.14323	-89.94841
Warren Cemetery	31.06317	-89.80177
Watts Cemetery	31.32886	-89.72326
Wilks Cemetery	31.42989	-89.74507
Woodlawn Cemetery	31.24999	-89.79115

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Columbia Springs	31.28907	-89.85091
Fordsville	31.05907	-89.76091
Keno	31.20018	-89.77869
Lightville	31.34323	-89.87869

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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