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Webster County, Mississippi

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3historic places

—earliest paper

1874formed

9,926pop. 2020

80cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1984. Most listings are in or near Eupora, Mathiston.

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

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Eupora Historic District	Eupora	District	2011
Pittman Log House	Eupora	Building	2020
Wood Home for Boys	Mathiston	Building	1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Webster was formed in 1874 (1874-04-06) from Chickasaw, Choctaw, Montgomery.

SUMNER (now WEBSTER) created from CHICKASAW, CHOCTAW, and MONTGOMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Webster County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,534	13,619	12,644	14,160	11,607	10,580	10,300	10,294	9,926

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 80 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bethany Cemetery	None	None
Bluff Springs Cemetery	33.62484	-89.34451
Boyles Cemetery	None	None
Church Hill Cemetery	33.54778	-89.28711
Clarkson Cemetery	33.63579	-89.14907
Cooper Cemetery	33.5565	-89.35256
Cox and Carver Cemetery	33.66095	-89.50563
Cross Roads Cemetery	33.69789	-89.13228
Cumberland Cemetery	33.61261	-89.04561
Double Springs Cemetery	33.71372	-89.36923
Double Springs Cemetery	33.68261	-89.17034
Edgeworth Cemetery	33.57928	-89.45896
Edward Springs Cemetery	33.60206	-89.39118
Embry Cemetery	33.66608	-89.37674
Eupora Cemetery	33.54464	-89.27489
Ford Cemetery	33.64289	-89.3234
Four Mile Cemetery	None	None
Greenboro Cemetery	33.52262	-89.37868
Hanes Cemetery	None	None
Harmony Cemetery	33.66122	-89.50563
Hays Cemetery	33.59234	-89.28117
Hebron Cemetery	33.629	-89.22451
Henleys Cemetery	33.59077	-89.22763
Hightower Cemetery	33.56484	-89.49007
Hopewell Cemetery	None	None
Ingrams Cemetery	33.63456	-89.48507
Jenkins Cemetery	None	None
Jerusalem Cemetery	None	None
Jordons Cemetery	33.60493	-89.2646
Lebanon Cemetery	33.53345	-89.32173
Lollars Grove Cemetery	33.57261	-89.17117
Long Branch Cemetery	33.56178	-89.21923
Lovette Cemetery	33.66289	-89.34729
Lowrimore Cemetery	33.63845	-89.40368
Maben Cemetery	33.56048	-89.0884
Macedonia Cemetery	33.58845	-89.37757
Mancil Cemetery	None	None
Marvin Hill Cemetery	33.62022	-89.07492
Milligan Springs Cemetery	33.46095	-89.4959
Montevista Cemetery	33.70483	-89.23645
Mount Hope Cemetery	33.6715	-89.06978
Mount Moriah Cemetery	33.56595	-89.18867
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	33.72956	-89.09395
Mount Vernon Cemetery	33.55512	-89.39312
Mount Zion Cemetery	33.56595	-89.32034
New Ebenezer Cemetery	33.51845	-89.33145
New Hope Cemetery	33.714	-89.37368
New Hope Cemetery	33.60428	-89.1445
North Union Cemetery	33.66261	-89.31145
Old Field Cemetery	33.61987	-89.24679
Old Greenboro Cemetery	33.52845	-89.37507
Old Shady Grove Cemetery	33.65483	-89.23256
Parker Cemetery	33.64122	-89.50535
Peebles Cemetery	33.49762	-89.50035
Philadelphia Cemetery	33.69983	-89.45813
Pilgrim's Rest Baptist Church Cemetery	33.6627	-89.37385
Pine Forest Cemetery	33.51873	-89.48062
Pisgah Cemetery	33.65928	-89.03506
Pittman Cemetery	33.71372	-89.46951
Pleasant Springs Cemetery	None	None
Providence Cemetery	33.59067	-89.07061
Pryor Cemetery	33.65289	-89.42868
Quinn Cemetery	33.64286	-89.297
Reeds Chapel Cemetery	33.47901	-89.4209
Roberts Cemetery	33.65234	-89.42423
Sand Hill Cemetery	33.59845	-89.32256
Sapa Cemetery	33.54912	-89.20114
Sarepta Cemetery	33.47317	-89.45007
Serepta Cemetery	None	None
Shady Grove Cemetery	33.51928	-89.34562
Shady Grove Cemetery	33.65483	-89.23756
South Union Cemetery	33.58539	-89.36062
Spencer Cemetery	33.72067	-89.26256
Spring Hill Cemetery	33.68595	-89.41896
Spring Valley Cemetery	33.54496	-89.11071
Spring Valley Cemetery	33.54914	-89.11298
Still Cemetery	33.554	-89.35312
Wake Forest Cemetery	33.6715	-89.06172
Webster Memorial Gardens	33.58123	-89.28062
Woodruff 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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