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Humphreys County, Mississippi

Humphreys County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Belzoni
Year Organized: 1918
Square Miles: 418		 Court House:

P.O. Box 547
County Courthouse
Belzoni, MS 39038-0547
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Humphreys is named for Benjamin G. Humphreys, Governor of Mississippi. Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (August 26, 1808 – December 20, 1882) was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

This is the youngest of the Mississippi counties, and was created from parts of Holmes, Washington, Sharkey, Yazoo and Sunflower, by act of the legislature approved March 28, 1918. It was named in honor of Benjamin G. Humphreys, a notable general in the army of the Confederacy and the first governor of Mississippi to serve after the War for Southern Independence. Belzoni is the county seat.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 431 square miles (1,117 kmē), of which, 418 square miles (1,083 kmē) of it is land and 13 square miles (34 kmē) of it (3.03%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Sunflower County (north)
  • Leflore County (northeast)
  • Holmes County (east)
  • Yazoo County (south)
  • Sharkey County (southwest)
  • Washington County (west)
Cities and Towns:
- Belzoni (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Isola town Incorporated Area
- Louise town Incorporated Area
- Silver City town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

 

 
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