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Simpson County, Mississippi

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3historic places

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1824formed

25,949pop. 2020

73cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1985. Most listings are in or near Mendenhall, Pearl.

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

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Lewis, L'Dora, Mound (22SI512)	Pearl	Building	1987
Mendenhall Hotel and Revolving Tables Restaurant, The	Mendenhall	Building	2023
Simpson County Courthouse	Mendenhall	Building	1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Simpson was formed in 1824 (1824-01-23) from Copiah.

SIMPSON created from COPIAH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,680	3,380	6,080	8,008	12,800	18,109	22,024	21,819	20,454	23,441	27,639	25,949

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

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

Cemeteries — 73 of 73 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	32.02765	-90.19619
Armstrong-Buckley Cemetery	31.83571	-90.0998
Barlow Cemetery	None	None
Bethany Cemetery	32.02687	-89.89417
Bethlehem Cemetery	31.88349	-90.07869
Bishop Cemetery	31.88265	-89.95507
Boggan Cemetery	31.87238	-89.89118
Braxton Cemetery	32.02876	-89.96535
Calhoun Cemetery	32.04237	-89.8873
Corinth Cemetery	31.84617	-89.79356
D'Lo Cemetery	31.98682	-89.90313
Dry Creek Cemetery	31.94487	-89.69396
Dry Ridge Cemetery	31.7946	-89.87729
Everett Cemetery	32.02015	-89.82202
Finley Cemetery	31.93321	-89.86035
Goodwater Cemetery	31.87599	-89.76618
Graves Cemetery	31.77599	-89.78201
Graves Cemetery	31.77127	-89.84813
Gregory Cemetery	31.90686	-89.73036
Grubbs Cemetery	31.83877	-89.88479
Gum Springs Cemetery	32.00387	-89.94813
Harrington Cemetery	31.83904	-89.78146
Harrisville Cemetery	31.97126	-90.07813
Holly Grove Cemetery	32.01098	-90.00758
Lee Cemetery	31.8546	-90.0348
Lewis Cemetery	32.02737	-90.19425
Macedonia Cemetery	31.90821	-89.85924
Magee Cemetery	31.88543	-89.73035
McLaurin Cemetery	31.80349	-89.79563
Merit Cemetery	31.92515	-89.90313
Mount Olive Cemetery	31.95987	-90.08091
Mount Zion Cemetery	31.78516	-89.85507
New Bethlehem Cemetery	31.93265	-89.74146
New Hope Cemetery	31.7821	-89.74424
New Hope Cemetery	31.99265	-89.74729
New Hope Cemetery	31.78821	-90.02702
New Zion Cemetery	31.89321	-90.00119
New Zion Cemetery	32.0007	-90.04202
Oak Grove Cemetery	31.83266	-89.9023
Old Gum Springs Cemetery	32.00342	-89.95253
Old Saint Peter Cemetery	31.84682	-89.86591
Overby Cemetery	32.02348	-89.72562
Owens Cemetery	31.78932	-89.98758
Palestine Cemetery	31.9562	-90.1699
Peacock Cemetery	31.79377	-90.01702
Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery	31.91321	-89.67118
Pine Ridge Cemetery	31.92349	-90.16564
Pinola Cemetery	31.87238	-89.95841
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	31.80516	-89.75868
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	31.79516	-90.09675
Poplar Springs Cemetery	31.98126	-89.84452
Reed Cemetery	31.86793	-89.85924
Rexford Cemetery	32.04237	-90.0748
Rials Creek Cemetery	31.87265	-89.84285
Rocky Creek Cemetery	None	None
Rose Hill Cemetery	31.84877	-89.95813
Ross Cemetery	32.01626	-89.86729
Saint John Cemetery	31.79432	-89.75674
Saint Johns Cemetery	32.02066	-89.91977
Sharon Cemetery	31.86154	-89.66896
Shivers Cemetery	31.77793	-89.98785
Siloam Cemetery	31.83043	-89.73368
Sinclair Cemetery	32.02876	-89.89118
Stonewall Cemetery	31.80182	-89.93285
Strong River Cemetery	31.86404	-89.99452
Taylor Hill Cemetery	31.79071	-90.09563
Turner Cemetery	31.9374	-89.75377
Walker Cemetery	31.81404	-89.86952
Welch Cemetery	31.86654	-89.85091
Westville Cemetery	31.86765	-89.94507
Womac Cemetery	31.96415	-89.69566
Zion Hill Cemetery	31.92797	-89.79031
Zion Hill Cemetery	31.99682	-90.18119

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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