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Neshoba County, Mississippi

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7historic places

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1833formed

29,087pop. 2020

90cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Philadelphia, Neshoba.

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

2 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Booker T. Washington High School	Philadelphia	Building	2021
Downtown Philadelphia Historic District	Philadelphia	District	2005
Mt. Zion Methodist Church	Philadelphia	Building	2018
Nanih Waiya Cave Mound	Philadelphia	Site	1973
Neshoba County Fair Historic District	Neshoba	Site	1980
Philadelphia Historic District	Philadelphia	District	1983
US Post Office (Philadelphia), Old	Philadelphia	Building	1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Neshoba was formed in 1833 (1833-12-23) from Jones, Madison, Rankin, Wayne.

NESHOBA created from JONES, MADISON, RANKIN, and WAYNE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,437	8,343	8,741	12,726	19,303	27,882	25,730	20,927	23,789	28,684	29,087

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 90 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	32.6093	-88.94422
Backston Cemetery	None	None
Barrett Cemetery (historical)	32.83041	-89.27284
Beech Springs Cemetery	32.60291	-89.23089
Bethany Cemetery	32.77263	-89.26617
Bethesda Cemetery	32.67513	-89.03366
Bethlehem Cemetery	None	None
Black Jack Cemetery	32.79263	-89.23034
Bloomfield Cemetery	32.73263	-89.01755
Boyd Cemetery	None	None
Camp Ground Cemetery	None	None
Carolina Cemetery	32.70069	-89.30589
Cedarlawn Cemetery	32.76624	-89.11006
Center Hill Cemetery	32.71624	-89.05172
Cole Cemetery	None	None
Cooks Cemetery	None	None
County Line Cemetery	32.58374	-89.07422
County Line Cemetery	None	None
Coy Cemetery	32.90401	-88.91533
Cross Roads Cemetery	32.62069	-89.06533
Dixon Cemetery	32.66124	-89.22061
Donald Cemetery	32.78791	-89.11978
Golden Grove Cemetery	32.63096	-89.09061
Good Hope Cemetery	32.71096	-89.1595
Harmony Cemetery	32.78291	-89.28367
Harper Cemetery	None	None
Hembree Cemetery	None	None
Henrys Chapel Cemetery	32.80707	-89.16256
Herbert Cemetery	32.66263	-88.94144
Hester Cemetery	32.63541	-88.93477
Hesters Chapel Cemetery	32.64346	-88.9431
Holy Cross Cemetery	None	None
Hope Cemetery	32.74902	-89.24506
Hopewell Cemetery	32.77679	-89.06978
House Cemetery	32.65124	-88.96338
Howle Cemetery	None	None
Jones Cemetery	32.80902	-89.017
Killen Cemetery	None	None
Laurel Hill Cemetery	32.72763	-89.31367
Lee Cemetery	32.92651	-89.21839
Lee Cemetery	32.92679	-89.21839
Long Cemetery	32.80985	-88.95338
Lunn Cemetery	None	None
Mars Hill Cemetery	32.71541	-88.94033
Marwood Cemetery	None	None
McCullough Cemetery	None	None
McDonald Cemetery	32.62596	-88.97144
McNeill Cemetery	32.76874	-89.23034
Milldale Cemetery	32.60569	-89.30089
Molpus Cemetery	None	None
Moore Cemetery	None	None
Morrow Memorial Cemetery	32.66041	-89.24672
Mount Ary Cemetery	32.91207	-89.09395
Mount Bethany Cemetery	32.65735	-89.28311
Mount Carmel Cemetery	32.70207	-89.18533
Mount Nelson Cemetery	32.75791	-88.96644
Mount Olive Cemetery	None	None
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	32.93096	-89.0395
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	32.93123	-89.0395
Mount Sinai Cemetery	None	None
Mount Talley Cemetery	32.91679	-89.15089
Neshoba Cemetery	32.62374	-89.13922
North Bend Cemetery	32.86874	-89.00033
North Bend Cemetery	32.86929	-88.99894
Oak Grove Cemetery	32.84013	-89.23673
Ocobla Cemetery	None	None
Old Herbert Cemetery	32.65291	-88.93755
Old Pearl Valley Cemetery	32.8654	-89.18006
Pearl Valley Cemetery	32.86763	-89.17117
Philadelphia Cemetery	32.77513	-89.12422
Phillips Cemetery	None	None
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery	None	None
Pine Grove Cemetery	32.61958	-89.00449
Pope Cemetery	None	None
Rattletrap Cemetery	32.9279	-89.25423
Roundtree Cemetery	32.78902	-88.94977
Salem Cemetery	32.87929	-89.12006
Sand Hill Cemetery	32.90235	-89.20812
Sandtown Cemetery	32.79465	-89.0002
Scitz Cemetery	None	None

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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