Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Neshoba_County,_Mississippi,_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:county
gptkbp:area 572 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Attala_County,_Mississippi
gptkb:Winston_County,_Mississippi
gptkb:Newton_County,_Mississippi
gptkb:Kemper_County,_Mississippi
gptkb:Leake_County,_Mississippi
gptkbp:congressionalDistrict 3rd
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countySeat gptkb:Philadelphia,_Mississippi
gptkbp:founded 1833
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Mississippi_Band_of_Choctaw_Indians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States
gptkbp:majorHighway gptkb:Mississippi_Highway_15
gptkb:Mississippi_Highway_19
gptkb:Mississippi_Highway_21
gptkb:Mississippi_Highway_16
gptkbp:namedAfter Neshoba (Choctaw word meaning 'wolf')
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1964_Freedom_Summer_murders
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Neshoba_County_Fair
gptkbp:population 28,966
gptkbp:populationCensusYear 2020
gptkbp:state gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Central_Time_Zone
gptkbp:website https://neshobacounty.net/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6