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Washington County, Mississippi

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26historic places
—earliest paper
1827formed
44,922pop. 2020
47cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Greenville, Leland, Arcola.

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 Washington titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Arcola MoundsArcolaSite1991
Armitage Herschell CarouselGreenvilleStructure2012
Bank of WashingtonGreenvilleBuilding1987
BelmontWaysideBuilding1972
Doe's Eat PlaceGreenvilleBuilding2012
Finlay HouseGreenvilleBuilding1982
First National Bank of GreenvilleGreenvilleBuilding1978
Gamwyn Park Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict2004
Greenville Commercial Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1997
Greenville Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase I)GreenvilleDistrict2012
Griffin-Spragins HouseGreenvilleBuilding1984
Hollandale Downtown Historic DistrictHollandaleDistrict2014
HollyknoweLelandBuilding1985
Leavenworth-Wasson-Carroll HouseGreenvilleBuilding1980
Leland Historic DistrictLelandDistrict2004
LindenGlen AllanBuilding1982
Live Oak CemeteryGreenvilleSite2023
Mount HollyFooteBuilding1973
Old Delta Democrat Times BuildingGreenvilleBuilding1982
U.S. Post OfficeLelandBuilding1983
Ward, Junius R., HouseErwinBuilding1975
Washington Avenue-Main Street Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1984
Washington County CourthouseGreenvilleBuilding2014
Weinberg HouseGreenvilleBuilding2017
Wetherbee HouseGreenvilleBuilding1977
Winterville Site NHLGreenvilleSite1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Washington was formed in 1827 (1827-01-29) from Warren, Yazoo.

WASHINGTON created from WARREN and YAZOO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

79k40k1,97618301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,9767,28715,67925,36749,21651,09267,57670,50478,63872,34462,97744,922

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

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

Cemeteries — 47 of 47 listed
NameLatLon
Arcola Cemetery33.28261-90.87843
Bellamy Cemetery33.15567-90.84259
Bethlehem Cemetery33.37067-90.85232
Brown Cemetery33.42678-90.86843
Buckner Cemetery33.50594-91.11288
Canaan Hill Cemetery33.09789-90.9951
Charity Cemetery33.42733-90.86926
Chinese Cemetery33.38252-91.0563
Christian Life Cemetery33.47011-90.98426
Clitonia Cemetery33.14984-90.8462
Evening Star Cemetery33.38372-90.81704
Forkland Cemetery33.52511-90.99399
Fourmile Cemetery33.23678-90.76203
Graymound Cemetery33.22456-91.0326
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens33.399-90.98732
Greenville Cemetery33.39178-91.05344
Heads Cemetery33.46789-90.85648
Helm Cemetery33.50011-90.83259
Hinds Cemetery33.39706-90.83898
Hopkins Cemetery33.39317-90.85926
Huddleston Cemetery33.14234-90.8412
Jake Cemetery33.39456-90.88482
Jake Cemetery Number 233.3965-90.87871
Jewish Cemetery33.39345-91.054
Jones Cemetery33.39511-90.85954
Kindling Altar Cemetery33.32817-90.81704
Lakeview Gardens Cemetery33.34511-91.06093
Lamont Cemetery33.39844-90.94732
Live Oaks Cemetery33.38317-91.05538
Macedonia Cemetery33.24511-90.88148
Magruder Cemetery33.24234-90.86482
Metcalfe Cemetery33.09817-91.11705
Morning Star Cemetery33.36317-90.92704
Mount Gideon Cemetery33.12512-90.7612
Mount Pleasant Cemetery33.47928-91.06732
Mount Zion Cemetery33.10317-90.86898
Mount Zion Cemetery33.35483-90.78898
New Foundation Cemetery33.17956-90.84898
Oakland Cemetery33.44178-90.9876
Old Mount Tabor Cemetery33.47761-91.09844
Old Refuge Cemetery33.31039-91.13483
Paxton Cemetery33.29206-90.88315
Section 16 Cemetery33.13956-90.83176
Shamrock Cemetery33.46566-90.98677
Stoneville-Leland Cemetery33.42705-90.92704
Union Cemetery33.44622-90.78953
Williams Chapel Cemetery33.52761-91.09732
Historical populated places — 15 of 15
NameLatLon
Alder Grove33.19373-90.90982
Ashwood33.44734-91.11678
Cold Springs33.46845-90.98566
Dredge33.25206-91.03761
Forrest City33.1929-90.9251
Lake Washington33.18623-91.0715
Linsey33.08512-91.06483
Nelia33.42984-90.94205
Paducah33.41484-91.01677
Port Anderson33.52595-91.20178
Princeton33.05096-91.11955
Quay33.31651-90.89566
Randolph33.33845-90.85204
Silver Lake33.1979-91.06122
Tamburo33.47373-90.92371

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Old River Lake8,17122.7 kmAR017

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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