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Marshall County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
22historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
33,752pop. 2020
163cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Holly Springs, Byhalia, Red Banks.

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 Marshall titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bailey, Dr. Isham G., HouseLamarBuilding2001
Byhalia Historic DistrictByhaliaDistrict1996
Byhalia United Methodist ChurchByhaliaBuilding1984
Chalmers InstituteHolly SpringsBuilding1982
Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie CrossingAbbevilleSite1973
Confederate Armory SiteHolly SpringsSite1972
Depot-Compress Historic DistrictHolly SpringsDistrict1983
East Holly Springs Historic DistrictHolly SpringsDistrict1983
Hillcrest CemeteryHolly SpringsStructure1982
Holly Springs Courthouse Square Historic DistrictHolly SpringsDistrict1980
McCoy Administration BuildingHolly SpringsBuilding1998
Mississippi Industrial College Historic DistrictHolly SpringsDistrict1980
Myers-Hicks PlaceByhaliaBuilding1983
Newsom - Adams Family Farm HouseWaterfordBuilding2023
North Memphis Street Historic DistrictHolly SpringsDistrict1983
OakviewHolly SpringsBuilding1982
Old Philadelphia ChurchRed BanksBuilding2021
Old Water and Electric Light PlantHolly SpringsBuilding1982
Raiford, Robert, Home and FarmVictoriaDistrict1998
Southwest Holly Springs Historic DistrictHolly SpringsDistrict1983
Summer TreesRed BanksBuilding1979
Wall Doxey State ParkHolly SpringsDistrict1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Marshall was formed in 1836 (1836-03-01) from Monroe.

MARSHALL created from MONROE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Marshall County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

37k27k18k1840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
17,52628,82329,33027,67426,10525,52225,10624,50329,29634,99333,752

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 163 listed
NameLatLon
Alexander Cemetery34.59398-89.60202
Anderson Cemetery34.82634-89.49445
Anderson CemeteryNoneNone
Asberry Cemetery34.58843-89.46618
Bailey Cemetery34.9921-89.3758
Bailey Family CemeteryNoneNone
Banks CemeteryNoneNone
Baptist Hill Cemetery34.56287-89.3509
Barton Cemetery34.96092-89.68841
Beck Family CemeteryNoneNone
Benton Cemetery34.95675-89.60758
Bethany Cemetery34.71259-89.30201
Bethel Cemetery34.88915-89.47638
Bethlehem Cemetery34.57009-89.32646
Bethlehem Cemetery34.56065-89.32479
Beverly Cemetery34.72121-89.48236
Bishop Cottre Cemetery34.78176-89.45841
Boatwright Cemetery34.68954-89.36313
Boswell Cemetery34.95053-89.48214
Brent Cemetery34.58065-89.2734
Brewer Cemetery34.65287-89.57619
Brewer Family CemeteryNoneNone
Brick Cemetery34.86037-89.59563
Brittenum Cemetery34.94064-89.51285
Brooks Cemetery34.6787-89.6448
Brooks Cemetery34.65287-89.50341
Butler Cemetery34.64204-89.32257
Butts-Pearson-Spencer CemeteryNoneNone
Byhalia Cemetery34.8737-89.69647
Calvin Mack CemeteryNoneNone
Carey Chapel Cemetery34.92636-89.51076
Carington Cemetery34.89787-89.61647
Carpenter CemeteryNoneNone
Castleberry CemeteryNoneNone
Chestnut Grove Cemetery34.77537-89.31229
Chewalla Cemetery34.76565-89.38674
Chulahoma Cemetery34.64813-89.62895
Chulahoma Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery34.65634-89.61464
Clear Creek Cemetery34.91758-89.37035
Coldwater Cemetery34.97029-89.67419
Coleman Family CemeteryNoneNone
Concord Cemetery34.97842-89.41507
Cornersville Cemetery34.53975-89.2548
Cottrell Family CemeteryNoneNone
Cox Cemetery34.65732-89.61341
Crockett Cemetery34.78092-89.37868
Crump Cemetery34.84643-89.38811
Davis Family CemeteryNoneNone
Dawson Cemetery34.82898-89.49452
Dean Cemetery34.63704-89.60369
Dean Cemetery34.63704-89.61369
Dickson-Dodson CemeteryNoneNone
Early Grove Cemetery34.97231-89.39257
Eason Church Cemetery34.9187-89.65369
East Mount Pleasant CemeteryNoneNone
Ebenezer Cemetery34.60982-89.49174
Echols CemeteryNoneNone
Edrizon Cemetery34.91034-89.5644
Emery Cemetery34.78676-89.71758
Fairview Cumberland CemeteryNoneNone
Fant Cemetery34.78738-89.53194
Fields Family CemeteryNoneNone
Finley Cemetery34.73568-89.40146
Franklin Family Cemetery34.98092-89.3534
Gatewood Cemetery34.90027-89.42776
Gatewood Family CemeteryNoneNone
Grays Cemetery34.83787-89.4034
Grays Cemetery34.84699-89.38318
Grubb Hill Cemetery34.74395-89.64311
Hamilton Cemetery34.60412-89.48963
Harmonia Cemetery34.82426-89.62591
Hillcrest Cemetery34.76204-89.44675
Holbrook Family CemeteryNoneNone
Horn Cemetery34.78759-89.63397
Hudson Family CemeteryNoneNone
Hudsonville Cemetery34.87481-89.41674
Hudsonville Cemetery34.87037-89.40535
Isom Chapel Cemetery34.90314-89.47618
Jones Cemetery34.71426-89.70258
Jones Cemetery34.70148-89.59785
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Colbert34.82148-89.31869

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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