Holmes County

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Holmes County is a rural county in central Mississippi known for its predominantly African American population, agricultural economy, and significant civil rights history.

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Holmes County canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Attala County, Mississippi
Carroll County, Mississippi
Humphreys County, Mississippi
Leflore County, Mississippi
linked to: Leflore County

Yazoo County, Mississippi
country United States of America
economyBasedOn agriculture
cotton farming
row-crop agriculture
governedBy Holmes County Board of Supervisors
hasAreaCharacteristic predominantly land area with small water percentage
hasCharacteristic agricultural economy
predominantly African American population
rural
significant civil rights history
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCountySeat Lexington, Mississippi
hasDemographicFeature high poverty rate
largely rural population
majority Black population
hasFIPSCode 28051
hasGNISID 0693410
hasHistoricalSignificance African American voting rights activism
American civil rights movement
Freedom Summer activities
hasLargestCity Durant, Mississippi
hasMajorSettlement Cruger, Mississippi
Durant, Mississippi
Goodman, Mississippi
Lexington, Mississippi
Tchula, Mississippi
West, Mississippi
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Holmes County Consolidated School District
isInCongressionalDistrict Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
isPartOf state of Mississippi local government system
locatedIn Mississippi
Mississippi Black Belt
United States South
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
namedAfter David Holmes
partOf Mississippi Delta region
central Mississippi
subdivisionType county of Mississippi
usesAreaCode 662
usesPostalCodePrefix 390

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Central Mississippi contains Holmes County