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County Kildare

County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, which had a population of 246,977 at the 2022 census.

Geography and subdivisions
Kildare is the 24th-largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the seventh-largest in terms of population. It is the eighth largest of Leinster's twelve counties in size, and the second largest in terms of population. It is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, South Dublin and Wicklow. As an inland county, Kildare is generally a lowland region. The county's highest points are the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains bordering to the east. The highest point in Kildare is Cupidstown Hill on the border with South Dublin, with the better-known Hill of Allen in central Kildare.

Towns and villages

 * Allen
 * Allenwood
 * Ardclough
 * Athy
 * Ballitore
 * Ballymore Eustace
 * Calverstown
 * Caragh
 * Carbury
 * Castledermot
 * Celbridge
 * Clane
 * Coill Dubh
 * Curragh
 * Derrinturn
 * Eadestown
 * Johnstown
 * Johnstownbridge
 * Kilberry
 * Kilcock
 * Kilcullen
 * Kildangan
 * Kildare
 * Kill
 * Kilmead
 * Kilmeage
 * Kilteel
 * Leixlip
 * Lullymore
 * Maynooth
 * Milltown
 * Monasterevin
 * Moone
 * Naas
 * Narraghmore
 * Newbridge
 * Nurney
 * Prosperous
 * Rathangan
 * Robertstown
 * Sallins
 * Staplestown
 * Straffan
 * Suncroft
 * Timolin
 * Two Mile House

Physical geography

The county has three major rivers running through it: the Barrow, the Liffey and the Boyne. The Grand Canal crosses the county from Lyons on the east to Rathangan and Monasterevin on the west. A southern branch joins the Barrow navigation at Athy. The Royal Canal stretches across the north of the county along the border with Meath. Pollardstown Fen is the largest remaining calcareous fen in Ireland, covering an area of 220 hectares and is recognised as an internationally important fen ecosystem with unique and endangered plant communities, and was declared a National Nature Reserve in 1986.

The Bog of Allen is a large bog that extends across 958 km2 and into County Kildare, County Meath, County Offaly, County Laois, and County Westmeath. Kildare has 243 km2 of bog (almost 14% of Kildare's land area) mostly located in the south-west and north-west, a majority of this being Raised Bog. It is a habitat for over 185 plant and animal species.

There are 8472 ha of forested land in Kildare, accounting for roughly 5% of the county's total land area. 4056 ha of this is coniferous, while there is 2963 ha of broadleaf and the remaining area are unclassified species. Coillte and Dúchas currently own 47% of the forestry. Coillte runs Donadea Forest Park which is in North-Central Kildare. The forest covers 259 ha of mixed woodland (60% broadleaf, 40% conifer) and is the largest forest park in Kildare.

History
Kildare was shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1832, following amendments to remove a number of enclaves and exclaves.

The county was the home of the powerful Fitzgerald family. Parts of the county were also part of the Pale area around Dublin.

Local government
Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county. The council has 40 members, elected in the local electoral areas of: Athy (5 seats), Celbridge (4 seats), Leixlip (3 seats), Clane (5 seats), Maynooth (5 Seats), Kildare (5 seats), Newbridge (6 Seats) and Naas (7 Seats). These form the municipal districts of Athy, Celbridge–Leixlip, Clane–Maynooth, Kildare–Newbridge, and Naas. The current council was elected in May 2019.

Kildare County Council nominates three councillors to the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly, who are part of the Mid-East strategic planning area committee.

Former districts
Kildare was formerly divided into the rural districts of Athy No. 1, Celbridge No. 1, Edenderry No. 2, and Naas No. 1, and the urban districts of Athy and Naas. The rural districts were abolished in 1925. Newbridge or Droichead Nua, within the former rural district of Naas No. 1, had town commissioners, and Leixlip was given that status too in 1988. The urban districts of Athy and Naas and the town commissioners of Newbridge and Leixlip became town councils in 2002. All town councils in Ireland were abolished in 2014.

National elections
For elections to Dáil Éireann, there are two constituencies in the county: Kildare North (4 seats) and Kildare South (4 seats). At the 2020 Irish general election, Kildare North returned Catherine Murphy (SD), Réada Cronin (SF), Bernard Durkan (FG), and James Lawless (FF), while Kildare South returned Sean Ó Fearghaíl (FF) (returned automatically as outgoing Ceann Comhairle), Patricia Ryan (SF), Martin Heydon (FG), and Cathal Berry (Ind).

For elections to the European Parliament, it is part of the Midlands–North-West constituency (4 MEPs).

Demographics
The county's population has nearly doubled to 186,000 from 1990 to 2005. The northeastern region of Kildare had the highest average per-capita income in Ireland outside County Dublin in 2003. East Kildare's population has increased rapidly, for example, the amount of housing in the Naas suburb of Sallins has increased sixfold since the mid-1990s.

the population of the county was 246,977. Ethnically, the 2016 census recorded County Kildare as 84% white Irish, 9% other white ethnicities, 2% black, 2% Asian, 1% of other ethnicities, and 2% not stated. For religion, the census recorded a population that was 80% Catholic, 9% of other stated religions, 10% with no religion and 2% not stated.

Health care
County Kildare hospitals include Naas General Hospital and Clane General Hospital.

Road
County Kildare houses the hub of Ireland's network of major roads.

The N4 (M4) from Dublin to Sligo travels along the north of the county by-passing the towns of Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock.

The M7 from Dublin to Limerick runs through the county and bypasses the towns of Naas, Newbridge, Kildare and Monasterevin. This road is colloquially referred to as the "Naas Dual carriageway" because when it was originally up-graded in 1964 the road from Dublin to Naas was a double-lane carriageway, one of the first of its kind in Ireland.

The M9 is another motorway that commences at Kilcullen and ends at Waterford. It is motorway standard for its entire length.

Rail
The county is also served by the trains connecting with Dublin, southern Leinster, Munster and Connacht, with daily connections to Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Galway. The principal Irish Rail InterCity train station in the county is Kildare, however, Newbridge, Sallins and Hazelhatch are also served by South Western Commuter services, while Maynooth, in northern County Kildare, is served by Western Commuter and Sligo InterCity services.

Waterway
Kildare is the centre of Ireland's Grand Canal network built in the late 18th century. This connects Kildare with Waterford, Dublin, Limerick and Athlone. The Royal Canal runs west from Dublin and parts of it form the boundary with County Meath.

Irish language
There are 4,491 Irish speakers in County Kildare; 2,451 attending the seven Gaelscoils (Irish language primary schools) and one Gaelcholáiste (Irish language secondary school). According to the Irish Census 2006, 2,040 people in the county identify themselves as being daily Irish speakers outside the education system.

Education

 * Two third-level educational institutions – St. Patrick's College founded by King George III in 1795 to educate Ireland's Catholics and Maynooth University founded in 1997 – are located in Maynooth. They share campus space and many facilities. The two institutions were formally separated in 1997. Maynooth University is the only university in the Republic of Ireland not situated in a city.
 * Clongowes Wood College is a private secondary boarding school for boys, located near Clane. Founded by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) in 1814, it is one of Ireland's oldest Catholic schools.
 * Newbridge College is a co-educational fee-paying secondary school. The Dominican Order founded Newbridge College in 1852 as a boarding school for boys.
 * Leinster Senior College is a small private fee-paying secondary school geared solely towards the Leaving Certificate.
 * The town of Clane is home to another educational institute, Clane College, a provider of further education to the wider Kildare community.
 * Naas C.B.S., Saint Mary's College Naas and Piper's Hill College are the three main secondary schools in Naas.

GAA
The nickname for the Kildare GAA team is the Lilywhites, as a result of its early jerseys being made from the bags of the Lilywhite Bakery. The all-white jerseys they wear are in reference to this.

In 1928, Kildare became the first team to win the Sam Maguire trophy for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, defeating Cavan 2–6 to 2–5. However, since then Kildare has reached the All-Ireland Football Championship Final on four occasions, the last being in 1998, but has failed on all four attempts.

County Kildare is also known as the Shortgrass County which is a reference to how short the grass is on the commons of the Curragh.

Golf
The Michael Smurfit owned K Club, situated on the River Liffey near Straffan played host to the 2006 Ryder Cup.

Carton House Golf Club is located in Maynooth. The Golfing Union of Ireland, the longest established golf union in the world, have their national headquarters on the estate. This facility also comprises the GUI National Academy, an 22 acre teaching facility for up-and-coming golfers, as well as being a facility available to all golfers in Ireland.

Other prominent courses are located at Knockanally and Clane.

Horse racing
Kildare is famous worldwide for its horse racing. The Curragh horse-racing course is the home to all five Irish Classic Flat races. Also located in County Kildare are two other courses, Punchestown Racecourse, home of the National Hunt Festival of Ireland, and Naas Racecourse, which runs both National Hunt and Flat meetings and is used by top racehorse trainers as a test for horses preparing for the Cheltenham festival.

The county is famous for the quality of horses bred in the many stud farms to which it is home, including the Irish National Stud and many other top studs such as Gilltown, Moyglare and Kildangan Stud, and race horse training establishments, such as the Osborne Stables.

Motorsports
Kildare is the home to Mondello Park, Ireland's only international motorsport venue. Established by Martin Birrane in 1968 on 110 acre, and redeveloped in 1999/2000, the facility incorporates 3.5 km of race track, 24 race garages and 12 Hospitality Suites. The Circuit also has 3 km of extreme off-road driving trails and a 5 acre off-road activities centre and the Museum of Motorsport. Mondello Park was awarded the FIA International race track status in 2001. It is host to National and International Race events, Motor Shows, Car & Bike Track days, Training Schools and Corporate Events.

Soccer
Kildare County F.C. was a League of Ireland club from 2002 until 2009, based in Newbridge, where Leinster Senior League side Newbridge Town F.C. was invited to join the league in 2002, however, a broader Kildare-based franchise was created instead, playing out of Station Road, Newbridge.

Places of interest

 * Castledermot Abbey
 * Castledermot Round Tower
 * Castletown House
 * Curragh
 * Maynooth Castle
 * The Wonderful Barn

Notable people

 * Arthur Guinness: Politician and brewer, founder of Guinness
 * George Barrington: pickpocket, socialite
 * Aisling Bea: Comedian
 * Eamon Broy: Policeman
 * Domhnall Ua Buachalla: Governor-General of the Irish Free State
 * Ambrose Bury: Canadian politician
 * Paul Cullen (bishop): Archbishop of Dublin and Archbishop of Armagh
 * John Devoy: Fenian
 * Charles FitzClarence: soldier
 * Lord Edward FitzGerald: revolutionary
 * Michael Gorman: American politician
 * Gabriel Hayes: sculptor and coin designer
 * John Vincent Holland: soldier
 * Michael Kelly Lawler: soldier
 * Kathleen Lonsdale: scientist
 * John de Robeck: admiral
 * Ernest Shackleton: explorer
 * Barry St. Leger: soldier

Sports

 * Larry Tompkins: Eadestown GAA
 * Leighton Aspell: twice Grand National-winning jockey
 * Nonpareil Dempsey: boxer
 * Matt Goff: Gaelic footballer
 * Willoughby Hamilton: tennis player
 * Jimmy O'Brien: plays for the Ireland national rugby sevens team
 * Ruby Walsh : National Hunt Jockey
 * Nathan Collins : Brentford F.C. and Republic of Ireland national football team.
 * Mark Travers : Stoke City F.C. and Republic of Ireland national football team
 * Andrew Omobamidele : Nottingham Forest F.C. and Republic of Ireland national football team
 * Conn McDunphy : Professional Cyclist, 2020 Cycling Ireland National Time Trial Champion.
 * Hayley Nolan: Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) and Republic of Ireland women's national football team

Writers, musicians, and entertainers

 * Devon Murray: actor
 * Damien Molony: actor
 * Aisling Bea: actress, comedian
 * Aidan Higgins: writer
 * Teresa Brayton: writer
 * Molly Keane: novelist
 * Emily Lawless: writer
 * Mary Leadbeater: writer
 * John MacKenna: playwright, author, actor
 * Paul Mescal: actor
 * Bell X1 are from Celbridge, County Kildare.
 * Luka Bloom is from Newbridge
 * Joseph Doyle, bassist from Irish band The Frames is from Allenwood
 * Graham Hopkins, drummer with The Frames, The Swell Season, and Therapy? is from Clane
 * Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006 winner and singer-songwriter lived in Milltown until he moved to Australia.
 * Jack Lukeman, otherwise known as Jack L, is from Athy
 * Dónal Lunny was raised in Newbridge.
 * Miracle Bell, Indie-pop band, hail from Naas.
 * Christy Moore, folk musician, was born in Newbridge.
 * Liam O'Flynn from the band Planxty is from Kill
 * Jean Sophia Pigott, Christian poet and hymn lyricist from Leixlip
 * Damien Rice was born in Celbridge
 * Heidi Talbot is from Kill

Twinning
County Kildare is twinned with the following places:
 * Deauville, France
 * Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Both are major centres of the Thoroughbred breeding industry in their respective countries.

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Has the author ever been to Harlesden - it's hardly the friendliest part of London, lived here for over 10 years now. POV anyone? [yeah i have lived here for 20 years and it is quite a shit area full of hip hop chavs with attitudes and drug dealers]

i am 26 born and bred in harlesden, i lived there for 22 years i love harlesden go home 3-4 times a year i live in devon but always thinking of harlesden. the people of harlesden are the best, my friends in harlesden are still my best friends. Harlesden is always friendly and the best place ive ever lived, HARLESDEN IS THE BEST —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.181.158 (talk) 17:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

This is in "One Look", for a start, I know it was a wonderful effort on your parts, this Wikification of London, but as this is now making its rounds in various search-engines and will be seen world-wide, I can't quite get my head round this, Harlesden being near Purley and Coulsdon. What do you think, you lovely people? :-) --Dieter Simon 02:02 Mar 15, 2003 (UTC)

The article appears interested in discussing demographics of crime. The subject matter is simply a place. I am moving the superfluous information here to be included at a later date if a balance of demographic information is intended.

To get a more thorough history of Harlesden (and Brent) check out: http://www.brent-heritage.co.uk/harlesden.htm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.80.203 (talk) 21:49, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Superfluous Info
Harlesden never suffered the problems of racial tension or rioting like Brixton or Notting Hill. In recent years, however Harlesden been the subject of a documentary, and there has also been a number of infamous drive-by shootings. The area is slowly becoming gentrified but remains somewhat notorious for the high crime rate, one of the highest in the borough. Of particular infamy is the Stonebridge Estate. Most of the houses are Victorian terraces and parking is controlled by parking permits.

The emphasis of crime is ridiculous - the pages on Finchley or Highgate, for instance, don't go on about the crooked accountants and corrupt solicitors who live there!

Infamy? Infamy, they've all got it in for me!

This entry is to suggest removing much of the crime material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.174.88 (talk) 22:50, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Crime
The entire Crime section and the introductory "Harlesden is one of London's "crime capitals", with its high crime and murder rates" are unsubstantiated and an unencyclopedic blend of lazy journalists' tags and fragmentary local knowledge or bias. I agree it needs purging unless/until sourced comparative crime statistics are provided. NebY (talk) 11:21, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Harlesden has high crime levels along with it neighbour Stonebridge and to a lesser extent Church End. Along with Brixton, Hackney and Tottenham, Harlesden is a centre of high crime levels, drug gangs and black on black shootings in London. Previously dubbed the 'Murder Capital of Britain' and known for its Yardie gang culture where Jesse Jackson and Prince Charles have both visited the area due to its notoriety. -This paragraph above is old 'Crime' section wording from the article, moved here as archive/for discussion.

Feel free to start a "Crime in Harlesden" article with it, if you wish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.28.132 (talk) 00:07, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

LOL@ this article
Harlesden is one of the worst areas in London.

why the white washing?

"Harlesden has been praised for its vibrant Caribbean culture"

I have never heard someone from the UK talk about "culture" of any kind when referring to the thuggery that goes on in Harlesden, LOL...

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Demographics
There is talk in the history section of diaspora to the area of Asian and South American communities but the demographics only mention 66% of the population through the black and white communities. How about a full break down of the demographics of the area, showing the true diversity of Harlesden? AsparagusTips (talk) 08:24, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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"unofficially named London's reggae capital."?
"unofficially named London's reggae capital." - this claim has no reference. I have found this claim, or similar, a few times on the web but at least some look as if they may just be quotes from this article. This one might be the original claim: The article Reggae does not mention Harlesden or Brent, though it does mention South London. FrankSier (talk) 15:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/real-stories/brent-black-music-history-photo-gallery-report/ "...Harlesden is, or was, the capital of Britain’s reggae scene." (Note: capital of Britain's, not London's, reggae scene, so not quite a match.)

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Leffe is a beer brand owned by InBev Belgium, the European operating arm of the global Anheuser–Busch InBev brewery giant. There are several beers in the range, and they are marketed as abbey beers. They are brewed in large quantities and are widely distributed.

History
The abbey of Leffe was founded in 1152 on the river Meuse in the province of Namur in southern Belgium. Like many monasteries across Europe, the Premonstratensian (Norbertine) canons of the Notre-Dame de Leffe abbey brewed ale, starting in 1240. The abbey has been damaged by both natural and human circumstances over the years: the Meuse river flooded the brewery in 1460, and six years later a fire damaged the abbey, but by the 17th century it prospered. The brewery was confiscated by the state in 1796, and in 1809, after making beer only in limited quantities, it was closed. The old kettles were melted down for the weapons industry during World War 1.

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Why is the flag same than flag of Nice? The corresponding french article does not have a flag. 88.114.246.209 (talk) 19:10, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

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The deputy for the first constituency is now Martine Froger. Look at this article in Libération, please:. --Cabanero (talk) 18:58, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

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Ataturk's visit to Aube in 1932
"Aube is perhaps best known for the 1932 visit of the late Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who signed a friendship treaty with France there." This needs to be verified. According to official Turkish and French sources, Ataturk visited France only once in 1910 as "attaché militaire" of the Ottoman Emperor. No other visit is recorded officially. However a recent evidence shows that he visited France in 1917 during the heights of I.World War. He was a guest of Guillaume II last Prussian King at The Castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg where his autograph was discovered recently in one of the visitor books. However, after 1917 there is no official or unofficial records showing that he visited France. Despite my personal efforts to find a source to verify this information, I have failed to find one. Thus the author of the above, should verify the reliability of this information, otherwise it needs to be removed. Billyg (talk) 17:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

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I am very sorry as this is probably not the best place to seek for such help, but how to pronounce the surname of the honoured head of this département? Is [ly:ʃ] correct enough for J.-C. Luche? --95.68.76.182 (talk) 15:33, 12 June 2014 (UTC) (Esmu Igors)
 * I think you are right: [lyʃ], though my POV is a parisian one ;D In southern France the final e in Luche can be heard. Listen carefully to the very beginning of this video: you can hear the e in the journalist's mouth Alvar ☮ 19:56, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * see French_phonology & Varieties of French
 * also: fr:Jean-Claude Luche

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Lists of Jews

This list of lists may include both lists that distinguish between ethnic origin and religious practice, and lists that make no such distinction. Some of the constituent lists also may have experienced additions and/or deletions that reflect incompatible approaches in this regard.

By type

 * List of converts to Judaism
 * List of European Jewish nobility
 * List of fictional Jews
 * List of former Jews
 * List of Jewish biblical figures
 * List of Jewish Nobel laureates
 * List of Karaite Jews
 * List of LGBT Jews
 * List of Sephardic Jews
 * Lists of Jews associated with literature and journalism

By occupation or activity in Judaism

 * List of Jewish Kabbalists
 * List of Jewish mysticism scholars
 * List of Jews in religion
 * List of High Priests of Israel
 * List of Jewish atheists and agnostics
 * List of rabbis

By secular occupation or activity

 * List of Jewish anarchists
 * List of Jewish chess players
 * List of Jewish economists
 * List of Jewish feminists
 * List of Jewish historians
 * List of Jewish mathematicians
 * List of Jewish scientists
 * List of Jewish United States Supreme Court justices
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 * List of Jews in sports
 * List of Jews in the performing arts
 * List of Jewish actors
 * List of Jewish musicians
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By country

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 * List of Azerbaijani Jews
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 * List of Asian Jews
 * List of Bosnian Jews
 * List of Canadian Jews
 * List of Caribbean Jews
 * List of East European Jews
 * List of French Jews
 * List of German Jews
 * List of Galician (Eastern Europe) Jews
 * List of Jews from Sub-Saharan Africa
 * List of Latin American Jews
 * List of Mexican Jews
 * List of North European Jews
 * List of Oceanian Jews
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 * List of West European Jews

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The population density number is wrong. Should be 59.16 ppl/km2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.185.171.244 (talk) 06:49, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Renaming??
Might be useful to rename the page to "Charente (département)" and make a disambiguation page called "Charente" ? Altitud49 (talk) 17:34, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

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Location of Landes de Bussac
I would like to add information to this location. I'm not sure how to find it's geographic location. Can someone provide a pointer to it's location, or whether an entry exists within wikipedia? Carbandos (talk) 19:34, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Je recherhe mon pere richard amade
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Several of the cantons on the French version of this Departement are merely lists of candidate in the 2004 elections. Not really sufficient (though possibly useful).

 * That's far from being perfect or enough, you are right. Still, you can compare this information to the UK electoral districts, which have great details about electoral candidates. olivier 12:46, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

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Departmental councils merger
Does this department still exist? According to the article "The two Corsican departmental councils were merged on 1 January 2018 to form a single collectivity, with territorial elections coinciding with their dissolution.", and it is no clear whether this departmental councils merger means also territorial merger of both departments. Aotearoa (talk) 16:49, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Supranacci, Suttanacci
The assertions here and in Haute-Corse that the demonyms "Supranacci" and "Suttanacci" mean "Northerners" and "Southerners" appear specious to me insofar as they are obviously based on the "supra" and "sutto" (compare Italian "sopra" and "sotto") meaning "above" and "below", not "north" and "south". And, after all, Haute-Corse is Upper Corsica, not "North" Corsica, even though Corse-du-Sud does mean "Southern" Corsica. Largoplazo (talk) 22:53, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

It's unsourced in both places and so obviously incorrect to me that I've removed the translation in both articles. Largoplazo (talk) 22:58, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Haute-Corse vs. Upper Corsica
Haute-Corse is the official administrative name of the department, and as such, should be used as the title. This is consistent with all other French deparment names, as well as all French communes. "Upper Corsica" may refer to the area covered by the department, but there is no such thing as an "Upper Corsica" department. I am reverting all these non previously discussed changes from "Haute-Corse" to "Upper Corsica". olivier (talk) 06:55, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

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I'm amazed that nobody has mentioned Les loups de Chabrières --^pirate 11:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Unsubstantiated opinion
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The housing is not expensive, compared to Great Britain or Provence, and if one wants to pass a nice, calm and comfortable vacation, the Creuse is the place to go. There is much controversy, however, as to the way communities are established in the Creuse. Large communities of English people are found with little or no link to the outside. Creusois often complain that tourists and permanent immigrants make no effort to learn the language and this is a source of much discussion in the administration of the area.

== The "housing is not expensive compared to Great Britain". To where in Great Britain? Everywhere in the Creuse compared to everywhere in Britain? Cheaper than London or cheaper than Northern Ireland? And what figures to support the claim?

== Is "the Creuse the place to go" an opinion or absolute fact?

== It may be true that there is controversy about the way communities are establised. But who says so? What evidence is there? What figures are there for incomers who "make no effort to learn the language"?

== The whole is made still less reliable by the reference to "large communities of English people." There are no Scots or Welsh, presumably, no Northern Irish?

== Source of much discussion in the administration of the area. By whom? Local people? Départements? The Conseil Général? And when, and discussion of what sort?

All these assertions may well be true. I can't contest them. But equally they are unsupported and I suggest that, unless someone with inside knowledge can substantiate them, that they're deleted as not being NPOV.

I also suggest deleting the link to the French Cookery School, which is a commercial puff. Les woodland (talk) 12:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)les woodland

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It seems to me that the merge is necessary unless the parent article is fleshed out in the putative receiving sections to contain the usual précis of the source sections and the source sections are made to be proper freestanding articles. Currently I do not believe they are. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 14:46, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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MAPS: What a shame that these articles on departments of France don't have good maps. Its one thing to give a "location map" that shows where the department is in relation to the rest of France. But, it would be great to see a map of Eure with all the towns and roads shown so that someone could look at it and see what is IN the Eure department. I realize that I can go to Google Maps and look up any town in the department, but Google maps do not delineate the boundaries of the department. PGNormand (talk) 18:26, 14 October 2008 (UTC) - Wondering how to edit this département entry? The WikiProject French departements standards might help.

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Shipping Zones
Was the former shipping region zone here or by Spain? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.85.15.83 (talk • contribs).

Twin Towns
A number of Cornish Towns are twinned with Towns in Finistère.

See List of twin towns in the United Kingdom

Would the article benefit from a list?

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Demographics
Is there any official census data about languages spoken in the area? Readers would like to know which percent of the people speak Breton and which percent speak French. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.18.53.73 (talk) 13:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * It's pretty clear 100% speak French (up to a few recent immigrants, but Finistere is not traditionally a migratory region to its geographical location). The number of native Breton speakers is very low nowadays, and most are over 80 years old (my grandmother is one of them). These people have been speaking French for over 60 years now. I don't know how many people are bilingual. Breton schools have flourished in the past 20 years, and the kids training there are bilingual. However, all official documents are exclusively in French. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.58.147.83 (talk) 11:02, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Etymology
I've removed the part which says that the Cornish is cognate, because (a) the Lonely Planet link did not mention it, and (b) cognates for "Penn ar Bedd" would be (Welsh) "Penn y Bydd" and Cornish "Pedn ar Bys". Land's end in Cornish is "Pedn ar Wlas", the cognate of which in Breton would probably be "Penn ar Glad". -- 'bedd/bydd/bys' are like 'world' and 'glad/gwlad/gwlas' are like 'country, land'. - Francis Tyers · 08:41, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

"Antillas"?
In the "Geography" section the article points out that this is the westernmost point in France, excluding the overseas departments in the Americas "and the Antillas". Is "Antillas" a French spelling of "Antilles", or is this a typo? A quick Google search suggests that "Antillas" is Spanish, but not French. Molinari (talk) 16:18, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

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Lawrence County, Mississippi

Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,016. Its county seat is Monticello. The county is named for the naval hero James Lawrence.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 436 sqmi, of which 431 sqmi is land and 5.1 sqmi (1.2%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 84.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 84
 * [[Image:Circle sign 27.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 27
 * [[Image:Circle sign 43.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 43
 * [[Image:Circle sign 44.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 44

Adjacent counties

 * Simpson County (northeast)
 * Jefferson Davis County (east)
 * Marion County (southeast)
 * Walthall County (south)
 * Lincoln County (west)
 * Copiah County (northwest)

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 12,016 people, 4,849 households, and 3,385 families residing in the county.

Towns

 * Monticello
 * New Hebron
 * Silver Creek

Unincorporated communities

 * Arm
 * Jayess
 * Oak Vale (partly in Jefferson Davis County)
 * Sontag
 * Topeka

Education
Public education is governed by the Lawrence County School District, which encompasses the entire county.

Notable people

 * Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), rodeo champion, cowboy artist, inventor, Mississippi Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee, "Father of Modern Rodeo" "Father of Mississippi Rodeo"
 * Edgar Godbold (1872-1952), president of two Southern Baptist colleges, was a school principal in Lawrence County from 1905 to 1906.
 * Rod Paige, Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush. Rod Paige was born and raised in Lawrence County.

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Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Lauderdale County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,984. The county seat is Meridian. The county is named for Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Lauderdale County is included in the Meridian, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
An early explorer Sam Dale died in the county and is buried in Daleville, and a large monument is placed at his burial site. Andrew Jackson traveled through the county on his way to New Orleans and a town was named Hickory after his nickname "Old Hickory".

The largest city in the county is Meridian, which was in important railway intersection during the early 20th century. It was also home to the Soule Steam Feed Works which manufactured steam engines. Logging and rail transport were important early industries in the county. One of the largest waterfalls in Mississippi, Dunns Falls, is located in the county and a water driven mill still exists on the site. Lauderdale county is also home to the headquarters of Peavey Electronics which has manufactured audio and music equipment for half a century.

Like much of the post-Reconstruction South the county has a checkered racial history with 16 documented lynchings in the period from 1877 to 1950; most occurred around the turn of the 20th century.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 715 sqmi, of which 704 sqmi is land and 12 sqmi (1.6%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-59.svg|20px]] Interstate 59
 * [[Image:I-20.svg|20px]] Interstate 20
 * [[Image:US 11.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 11
 * [[Image:US 45.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 45
 * [[Image:US 80.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 80
 * [[Image:Circle sign 19.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 19
 * [[Image:Circle sign 39.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 39

Adjacent counties

 * Kemper County (north)
 * Sumter County, Alabama (east)
 * Choctaw County, Alabama (southeast)
 * Clarke County (south)
 * Newton County (west)

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 72,984 people, 29,367 households, and 19,612 families residing in the county.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 78,161 people, 29,990 households, and 20,573 families residing in the county. The population density was 111 PD/sqmi. There were 33,418 housing units at an average density of 48 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 60.15% White, 38.18% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 29,990 households, out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.70% were married couples living together, 18.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.40% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.60% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 90.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,768, and the median income for a family was $37,581. Males had a median income of $31,069 versus $21,111 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,026. About 17.10% of families and 20.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.80% of those under age 18 and 18.80% of those age 65 or over.

2015
As of 2015 the largest self-identified ancestry groups in Lauderdale County, Mississippi are:
 * English - 9.3%
 * Irish - 8.9%
 * American - 8.0%
 * German - 5.9%
 * Scottish - 2.1%
 * Scots-Irish - 1.7%
 * Italian - 1.2%
 * French (except Basque) - 1.1%
 * French-Canadian - 0.6%

Government and infrastructure
The East Mississippi Correctional Facility is located in an unincorporated area of the county, near Meridian. Intended to provide intensive treatment for up to 1500 state prisoners who are mentally ill, it has been operated since 2012 by Management and Training Corporation under contract to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. In 2013 the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a class-action suit against the state and MTC for poor conditions at the facility. The court granted the plaintiffs class certification in 2015, allowing the case to proceed. The former for-profit contractor, GEO Group, was forced out of its contracts for this and two other state facilities in 2012 as a result of settlement of a class-action suit for its poor management of the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility.

Education
Lauderdale County is within the service area of the East Mississippi Community College system. The system offers classes at the Naval Air Station Meridian Extension in Meridian. Other academic institutions are Meridian Community College, and Mississippi State University Meridian Campus.

City

 * Meridian (county seat and largest municipality)

Town

 * Marion

Census-designated places

 * Collinsville
 * Lauderdale
 * Meridian Station
 * Nellieburg
 * Toomsuba

Other communities

 * Alamucha
 * Bailey
 * Daleville
 * Increase
 * Kewanee
 * Lizelia
 * Meehan
 * Point
 * Russell
 * Savoy
 * Suqualena
 * Whynot
 * Zero

Notable people

 * Samuel Dale (1772–1841), American frontiersman, known as the "Daniel Boone of Alabama" and a veteran of the Creek War of 1813–14. In 1836, Dale was elected as Lauderdale County's first representative in the Mississippi state legislature.

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Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,222. Its county seat is Purvis. Named for Confederate Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the county was carved out of Marion County to the west in 1904.

Lamar County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is largely a rural county, except for its northeast quarter.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 500 sqmi, of which 497 sqmi is land and 3.4 sqmi (0.7%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-59.svg|20px]] Interstate 59
 * [[Image:US 11.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 11
 * [[Image:US 98.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 98
 * [[Image:Circle sign 13.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 13
 * [[Image:Circle sign 42.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 42
 * [[Image:Circle sign 44.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 44

Adjacent counties

 * Covington County (north)
 * Forrest County (east)
 * Pearl River County (south)
 * Marion County (west)
 * Jefferson Davis County (northwest)

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 64,222 people, 22,116 households, and 15,584 families residing in the county.

Politics
Lamar County, historically, is one of the most conservative counties in Mississippi. The county has voted for Republican presidential candidates with 60 percent or more of the vote in the past ten elections.

Government and infrastructure
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health operates the South Mississippi State Hospital in unincorporated Lamar County, near Purvis.

Cities

 * Hattiesburg (mostly in Forrest County)
 * Lumberton (partly in Pearl River County)
 * Purvis (county seat)

Town

 * Sumrall

Census-designated places

 * Arnold Line
 * Baxterville
 * Oak Grove
 * West Hattiesburg

Other unincorporated communities

 * Bellevue
 * Okahola
 * Oloh
 * Talowah

Education
School districts include:
 * Hattiesburg Public School District
 * Lamar County School District

Former school districts:
 * Lumberton Public School District - Merged into the Lamar County district in 2018.

The county is in the service area of Pearl River Community College.

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Lafayette County, Mississippi

Lafayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 55,813. Its county seat is Oxford. The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et." The county's name honors Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero and American general who fought during the American Revolutionary War.

The Oxford, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Lafayette County. The county is policed by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department.

Lafayette County is often regarded as the inspiration for Yoknapatawpha County, the fictional setting of many of William Faulkner's works.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 679 sqmi, of which 632 sqmi is land and 47 sqmi (7.0%) is water.

Major highways
cr 249
 * [[Image:US 278.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 278
 * [[Image:Circle sign 6.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 6
 * [[Image:Circle sign 7.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 7
 * [[Image:Circle sign 9W.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 9W
 * [[Image:Circle sign 30.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 30
 * [[Image:Ellipse sign 315.svg|25px]] Mississippi Highway 315
 * [[Image:Ellipse sign 331.svg|25px]] Mississippi Highway 331
 * [[Image:Ellipse sign 334.svg|25px]] Mississippi Highway 334

Adjacent counties

 * Marshall County (north)
 * Union County (northeast)
 * Pontotoc County (southeast)
 * Calhoun County (south)
 * Yalobusha County (southwest)
 * Panola County (west)
 * Tate County (northwest)

National protected area

 * Holly Springs National Forest (part)

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 55,813 people, 18,721 households, and 11,111 families residing in the county.

2010 Census
As of the census of 2010, there were 45,859 people. There were 21,646 housing units. The medium age was 26.8 years old. The racial makeup of the county was 71.5% white, 23.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, and 2.0% Asian. 2.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

2000 Census
As of the census of 2000, there were 38,744 people, 14,373 households, and 8,321 families residing in the county. The population density was 61 /mi2. There were 16,587 housing units at an average density of 26 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 71.85% White, 25.05% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.67% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. 1.10% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The largest European ancestry groups in Lafayette county are:
 * 13.4% English
 * 12.5% Irish
 * 9.1% German
 * 4.4% Scots-Irish
 * 2.8% Scottish
 * 1.1% Polish
 * 1.0% Welsh

Many people in Mississippi may claim Irish ancestry because of the term "Scots-Irish", but most of the time in Mississippi this term is used for those with Ulster Scots roots rather than Irish Catholics.

In 2000, there were 14,373 households, out of which 26.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.20% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.10% were non-families. 29.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 19.50% under the age of 18, 27.10% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 17.10% from 45 to 64, and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,517, and the median income for a family was $42,910. Males had a median income of $30,964 versus $21,207 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,406. About 10.20% of families and 21.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 19.40% of those age 65 or over.

City

 * Oxford (county seat and largest municipality)

Town

 * Abbeville
 * Taylor

Census-designated places

 * Paris
 * Tula
 * University

Unincorporated communities

 * Denmark
 * Harmontown
 * Springdale
 * Yocona

Ghost towns

 * Dogtown
 * Orwood
 * Riverside

Politics
Unlike many counties dominated by college towns, Lafayette County tilts Republican. It last supported a Democrat for president in 1980. However, it is not as heavily Republican as other counties in north Mississippi, particularly those in the Memphis area. The Democrats have received at least 40 percent of the vote in every election since 1988, a period when much of north Mississippi swung hard to the GOP.

Law enforcement
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the policing and maintenance of public order of Lafayette County, Mississippi. They are also the primary law enforcement agency for all locales excluding Oxford, and work in tandem with the Oxford Police Department and The University of Mississippi's University Police Department in those jurisdictions. Responsible for maintenance and administration of its jail, the Lafayette County Detention Center in Oxford, it is also their duty to stand as guards of Lafayette County's County and Chancery Courts. In September 2018 the department employed 26 full-time deputies, in addition to other staff employed as guards for the county jail. In comparison, Oxford Police Department, which patrols a small fraction of the area done by the Sheriff's Department, employs over 75 full-time officers.

F.D. "Buddy" East was the long-time sheriff, who held the office from 1972 until his death in September 2018, having been elected to twelve terms as sheriff. At the time he was the longest serving Sheriff in the history of the United States, having held the position for 46 years. The sheriff's son, Joey East, was concurrently the Oxford Police Department's Chief of Police. After the November 2019 elections, Joey East became the sheriff of Lafayette County, following his father.

Education
School districts include Lafayette County School District and Oxford School District.

University of Mississippi is in the county.

Northwest Mississippi Community College operates the Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center.

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Kemper County, Mississippi

Kemper County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,988. Its county seat is De Kalb. The county is named in honor of Reuben Kemper.

The county is part of the Meridian, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010 the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved construction of the Kemper Project, designed to use "clean coal" to produce electricity for 23 counties in the eastern part of the state. , it was not completed and had cost overruns. It is designed as a model project to use gasification and carbon-capture technologies at this scale.

East Mississippi Community College is located in Kemper County in the town of Scooba, at the junction of US 45 and Mississippi Highway 16.

History
In the wake of the county's founding, Abel Mastin Key served as the first circuit clerk. Land in the area was developed in the 19th century by white planters for cotton cultivation using enslaved African Americans. Blacks have comprised the majority of the county population since before the American Civil War. The county continues to be largely rural.

After the American Civil War and Reconstruction, racial violence increased as whites struggled to regain power over the majority population of freedmen and to suppress their voting. In the period from 1877 to 1950, Kemper County had 24 documented lynchings of African Americans, the third-highest of Mississippi counties. Hinds and Leflore counties had 29 and 48 lynchings, respectively, in this period. This form of racial terrorism was at its height in the decades around the turn of the 20th century, which followed the state's disenfranchisement of most blacks in 1890 through creating barriers to voter registration.

In 1877 the Chisolm Massacre occurred, the murder by a mob of a judge, his children, and two of their friends while they were in protective custody in jail.

In 1890, blacks made up the majority of the county' population: 10,084 blacks to 7,845 whites. They generally worked as sharecroppers or tenant farmers. Often illiterate, many of the sharecroppers were at a disadvantage in the annual accounting that was done by the landowners. Sometimes the planters had grocery stores on their property and required the sharecroppers to buy all their goods there, adding to their debt.

Beginning in late December 1906, there were several days of racial terror in the county. After violent incidents on the railroad between conductors and black passengers, whites attacked blacks at the rural towns of Wahalak and Scooba; by December 27, whites had killed a total of 13 blacks in rioting. The events started with a physical confrontation between a conductor and an African-American man on a Mobile & Ohio Railroad train. The conductor was cut, and he fatally shot two black men. George Simpson, another African American thought to be involved, escaped from the train. When captured in Wahalak by a posse, he killed a white constable and was quickly lynched by the other whites.

As reported by The New York Times,

"Not satisfied with the punishment of this man, the whites immediately set out to strike terror into the negroes, who had been getting defiant of late. They found two sons of Simpson and lynched them, filling their bodies with bullets. Two other negroes who had behaved defiantly were treated in similar fashion."

Whites worried about blacks gathering to take revenge at Wahalak, where they had already been abused by lynchings. Local authorities called for state militia. Their commanding officer took his troops away from Wahalak, although there was still unrest, because he felt they were not being treated properly.

By the end of the day on December 26, white men in Scooba had killed another five black men. The county sheriff arrested several whites for these murders, and called for the state militia to go to Scooba. "All the men killed at Scooba today are said to be innocent of any crime, having been shot down merely as a matter of revenge by the rough whites." There had been a conflict on another train, in which a black man mortally shot a conductor, George Harrison. The yardmaster shot and killed the African American. The rioting by whites in Scooba started after Harrison died. Governor James K. Vardaman went to Scooba with militia to establish control. He left a force of 20 there commanded by Adjutant General Fridge and returned to the state capital on the evening of December 27. That day the body of another murdered African-American man was found in the woods, bringing the total killed in Scooba to six.

In 1934, three African-American suspects in Kemper County were repeatedly whipped in order to force them to confess to murder. In Brown v. Mississippi (1936), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled such forced confessions violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and were inadmissible at trial.

The peak of population in the rural county was in 1930. Mechanization of agriculture decreased the need for farm labor. From 1940 to 1970, the population declined markedly, as may be seen on the table below, as people moved to other areas for work. This was also the period of the second wave of the Great Migration, when 5 million African Americans moved out of the South to the North and especially to the West Coast, where the defense industry had many jobs, beginning during World War II.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 767 sqmi, of which 766 sqmi is land and 0.8 sqmi (0.1%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 45.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 45
 * [[Image:Circle sign 16.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 16
 * [[Image:Circle sign 21.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 21
 * [[Image:Circle sign 39.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 39

Adjacent counties

 * Noxubee County (north)
 * Sumter County, Alabama (east)
 * Lauderdale County (south)
 * Neshoba County (west)
 * Winston County (northwest)

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 8,988 people, 3,611 households, and 2,201 families residing in the county.

2010 census
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 10,456 people living in the county. 60.1% were Black or African American, 35.3% White, 3.7% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% of some other race and 0.7% of two or more races. 0.5% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,453 people, 3,909 households, and 2,787 families living in the county. The population density was 14 /mi2. There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 6 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 58.13% Black or African American, 39.03% White, 2.06% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,909 households, out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.70% were married couples living together, 20.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.40% under the age of 18, 12.50% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $23,998, and the median income for a family was $30,248. Males had a median income of $24,431 versus $18,199 for females. The per capita income for the county was $11,985. About 21.20% of families and 26.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.30% of those under age 18 and 26.70% of those age 65 or over.

Public school districts
Kemper County is within the service area of the East Mississippi Community College system. The main campus of EMCC, including the college system's administrative headquarters, is in the Scooba Campus in Scooba.
 * Kemper County School District

Government
The county is governed by a five-member elected Board of Supervisors, who are elected from single-member districts. The County Sheriff, Chancery Clerk, Circuit Clerk, and Tax Assessor are also elected to office.

Kemper County generally votes for candidates of the Democratic Party; the Republican presidential nominee has won it only four times in the past century.

Electric power plant
In 2010, the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the construction of a lignite coal plant in Kemper County to be financed by electricity customers in twenty-three southeastern Mississippi counties being served by Mississippi Power Company. It is designed as a model project to use gasification and carbon-capture technologies at this scale.

The plant was strongly opposed by former Republican State Chairman Clarke Reed of Greenville, who favored a less-expensive natural gas-fueled plant. Reed called the project "... a horrible thing." He said it would be a political issue that could be used against Republicans for years.

The Kemper Project was scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2016, more than two years behind schedule. Its cost increased to $6.6 billion—three times original cost estimate. , the project was still not in service, and the cost had increased to $7.1 billion.

Towns

 * De Kalb (county seat)
 * Scooba

Census-designated places

 * Bogue Chitto (mostly in Neshoba County)
 * Porterville

Unincorporated communities

 * Cullum
 * Electric Mills
 * Moscow
 * Preston
 * Sucarnoochee
 * Tamola
 * Wahalak

Ghost town

 * Binnsville
 * Minden

Notable residents

 * Eddie Briggs, 28th Lt. Governor of Mississippi
 * Bud Brown, former pro football player, was born in DeKalb
 * Clay Hopper, professional baseball player
 * Sampson Jackson, served in the Mississippi State Senate, was born in Preston
 * John J. Pettus, 23rd Governor of Mississippi, previously represented Kemper County in the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi State Senate
 * Devonta Pollard, professional basketball player
 * J.H. Rush, who founded the first private hospital in Meridian
 * John C. Stennis, who served as United States Senator from 1947 to 1988, was born in Kemper County

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Jones County, Mississippi

Jones County is in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,246. Its county seats are Laurel and Ellisville.

Jones County is part of the Laurel micropolitan area.

History
Less than a decade after Mississippi became the country's 20th state, settlers organized this area of 700 sqmi of pine forests and swamps for a new county in 1826. They named it Jones County after John Paul Jones, the early American Naval hero who rose from humble Scottish origin to military success during the American Revolution.

Ellisville, the county seat, was named for Powhatan Ellis, a member of the Mississippi Legislature who claimed to be a direct descendant of Pocahontas. During the economic hard times in the 1830s and 1840s, there was an exodus of population from Southeast Mississippi, both to western Mississippi and Louisiana in regions opened to white settlement after Indian Removal, and to Texas. The slogan "GTT" ("Gone to Texas") became widely used.

Jones County was in an area of mostly yeomen farmers and lumbermen, as the pine forests, swamp and soil were not easily cultivated for cotton. In 1860, the majority of white residents were not slaveholders. Slaves made up only 12% of the total population in Jones County in 1860, the smallest percentage of any county in the state.

Civil War years
Soon after the election of Abraham Lincoln as United States president in November 1860, slave-owning planters led Mississippi to join South Carolina and secede from the Union. These were the two states with the largest holdings of slaves. On November 29, 1860, the Mississippi state legislature called for a "Convention of the people of Mississippi" to be held to "adopt such measures for vindicating the sovereignty of the State as shall appear to them to be demanded." The Convention convened on January 7, 1861, and the elected representatives from the various counties of Mississippi voted 83–15 to secede from the Union. Notably, included in the vote to secede was the representative from Jones County, Mr. John H. Powell. Other Southern states would follow suit. As Mississippi debated the secession question, the inhabitants of Jones County voted overwhelmingly for the anti-secessionist John Hathorne Powell, Jr. In comparison to the pro-secessionist J.M. Bayliss, who received 24 votes, Powell received 374. But, at the Secession Convention, Powell voted for secession. Legend has it that, for his vote, he was burned in effigy in Ellisville, the county seat.

The reality is more complicated. The only choices possible at the Secession Convention were voting for immediate secession on the one hand, or for a more cautious, co-operative approach to secession among several Southern states on the other. Powell almost certainly voted for the more conservative approach to secession—the only position available to him that was consistent with the anti-secessionist views of his constituency.

Mississippi's Declaration of Secession reflected planters' interests in its first sentence: "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery…" Jones County had mostly yeoman farmers and cattle herders, who were not slaveholders and had little use for a war over slavery.

During the American Civil War, Jones County and neighboring counties, especially Covington County to its west, became a haven for Confederate deserters. A number of factors prompted desertions. The lack of food and supplies was demoralizing, while reports of poor conditions back home made the men fear for their families' survival. Small farms deteriorated from neglect as women and children struggled to keep them up. Their limited stores and livestock were often taken by the Confederate tax-in-kind agents, who took excessive amounts of yeoman farmers' goods. Many residents and soldiers were also outraged over the Confederate government's passing of the Twenty Negro Law, allowing wealthy plantation owners to avoid military service if they owned twenty slaves or more. In spite of the great displeasure the law caused, few men actually were affected by the law. For example, out of the roughly 38,000 Slaveowners living in the South in 1860, 200 in Virginia, 120 in North Carolina, 201 in Georgia, and 300 in South Carolina won exemptions.

Free State of Jones
On October 13, 1863, a band of deserters from Jones County and adjacent counties organized to protect the area from Confederate authorities and the crippling tax collections. The company, led by Newton Knight, formed a separate government, with Unionist leanings, known as the "Free State of Jones", and fought a recorded 14 skirmishes with Confederate forces. They also raided Paulding, capturing five wagonloads of corn that had been collected for tax from area farms, which they distributed back among the local population. The company harassed Confederate officials. Deaths believed to be at their hands were reported in 1864 among numerous tax collectors, conscript officers, and other officials.

The governor was informed by the Jones County court clerk that deserters had made tax collections in the county impossible. By the spring of 1864, the Knight company had taken effective control from the Confederate government in the county. The followers of Knight raised an American flag over the courthouse in Ellisville, and sent a letter to Union General William T. Sherman declaring Jones County's independence from the Confederacy. In July 1864, the Natchez Courier reported that Jones County had seceded from the Confederacy.

Scholars have disputed whether the county truly seceded, with some concluding it did not fully secede. While there have been numerous attempts to study Knight and his followers, the lack of documentation during and after the war has made him an elusive figure. The rebellion in Jones County has been variously characterized as consisting of local skirmishes to being a full-fledged war of independence. It assumed legendary status among some county residents and Civil War historians, culminating in the release of a 2016 feature film, Free State of Jones. The film is credited as "based on the books  ' The Free State of Jones '  by Victoria E. Bynum and  ' The State of Jones '  by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer."

The county changed its name to Davis County, after Confederate president Jefferson Davis, on November 30, 1865, and kept the name until four years later.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 700 sqmi, of which 695 sqmi is land and 4.9 sqmi (0.7%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Jasper County (north)
 * Wayne County (east)
 * Perry County (southeast)
 * Forrest County (southwest)
 * Covington County (west)
 * Smith County (northwest)

National protected area

 * De Soto National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 67,246 people, 24,178 households, and 16,729 families residing in the county.

Economy
The economy of Jones County is still primarily rural and based on resources – timber and agriculture.

According to the Economic Development Authority of Jones County, the top employers in the county are:

Government and infrastructure
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health South Mississippi State Hospital Crisis Intervention Center is in Laurel and in Jones County.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-59.svg|20px]] Interstate 59
 * [[Image:US 11.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 11
 * [[Image:US 84.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 84
 * [[Image:Circle sign 15.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 15
 * [[Image:Circle sign 28.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 28
 * [[Image:Circle sign 29.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 29

Airport
Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport is located in an unincorporated area in the county, near Moselle.

Cities

 * Ellisville
 * Laurel

Towns

 * Sandersville
 * Soso

Census-designated place

 * Eastabuchie
 * Moselle
 * Ovett
 * Sharon

Unincorporated communities

 * Amy
 * Errata
 * Sand Hill
 * Tawanta
 * Whitfield

Notable people

 * Lance Bass, singer with NSYNC
 * Ralph Boston, Olympic track and field medalist
 * Jason Campbell, retired National Football League quarterback
 * Mary Elizabeth Ellis-Day, actress
 * Carroll Gartin, lieutenant governor of Mississippi
 * Newton Knight, farmer and opponent of secession and slavery, a Confederate deserter who led a guerrilla rebellion against local Confederate officials as the leader of the Knight Company and Jones County Scouts; he was a US Marshal and a leading Republican figure in the Reconstruction of Mississippi
 * Ira Clinton Welborn, Medal of Honor recipient in the Spanish–American War
 * Tom Lester, actor best known for playing "Eb" on Green Acres
 * Amos McLemore, schoolteacher, Methodist pastor, businessman, and one-time opponent of Southern secession from the Union; commissioned as a Confederate officer at the rank of major; he was reputedly assassinated by Newton Knight
 * Charles W. Pickering, retired Federal Circuit Judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
 * Parker Posey, actress
 * Leontyne Price, operatic soprano
 * James Street, author
 * Ray Walston, actor My Favorite Martian

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Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Jefferson Davis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,321. Its county seat is Prentiss. The county is named after Mississippi Senator and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The county was carved out of Covington and Lawrence counties in March 1906. Governor James K. Vardaman signed the bill creating the county on May 9, 1906.

History
The genesis of the county occurred on March 31, 1906, when a Mississippi state legislative act authorized the new country's boundaries. The residents of western Covington County and eastern Lawrence County had frequently complained of the rivers and streams impeding the route to their respective county seats. Jefferson Davis County was the state's 77th county.

A 1906 special referendum determined that the county seat would be Prentiss, named for either famed Mississippi lawmaker and orator Seargent Smith Prentiss, or wealthy landowner Prentiss Webb Berry. The settlement was originally named Blountville after early settler William Blount.

In 1933, the county was the first in Mississippi to issue a prohibition on alcohol after the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Round dancing in the community hall was banned in 1938.

In 1935, notorious bank robber Raymond Hamilton, known to hide out in the county's wilderness, was involved in a hostage situation after robbing Prentiss' Bank of Blountville, but escaped in Memphis.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 409 sqmi, of which 408 sqmi is land and 0.7 sqmi (0.2%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 84.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 84
 * [[Image:Circle sign 13.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 13
 * [[Image:Circle sign 35.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 35
 * [[Image:Circle sign 42.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 42
 * [[Image:Circle sign 43.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 43

Adjacent counties

 * Simpson County (north)
 * Covington County (east)
 * Lamar County (southeast)
 * Marion County (south)
 * Lawrence County (west)

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,321 people, 4,713 households, and 3,003 families residing in the county.

Towns

 * Bassfield
 * Prentiss (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

 * Carson
 * Oak Vale (partly in Lawrence County)

Ghost town

 * Mount Carmel

Historic sites
Jefferson Davis County Courthouse in Prentiss is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Jefferson County, Mississippi

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,260, making it the fourth-least populous county in Mississippi. Its first county seat was located at Old Greenville until 1825, which no longer exists, before moving to Fayette. The county is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

One of the first of two counties organized in the Mississippi Territory in 1798 along with Adams County, it was first named Pickering County and included what would become Claiborne County. Originally developed as cotton plantations in the antebellum era, the rural county has struggled with a declining economy and reduced population since the mechanization of agriculture and urbanization of other areas. In 2020, its population of 7,260 was roughly one-third of the population peak in 1900. Within the United States, in 2009 rural Jefferson County had the highest percentage of African-Americans of any county. It was the fourth-poorest county in the nation.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 527 sqmi, of which 520 sqmi is land and 7.3 sqmi (1.4%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 61.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 61
 * [[Image:Circle sign 28.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 28
 * [[Image:Circle sign 33.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 33

Adjacent counties

 * Claiborne County (north)
 * Copiah County (northeast)
 * Lincoln County (southeast)
 * Franklin County (south)
 * Adams County (southwest)
 * Tensas Parish, Louisiana (west)

National protected areas

 * Homochitto National Forest (part)
 * Natchez Trace Parkway (part)

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 7,260 people, 2,448 households, and 1,488 families residing in the county.

Education
Jefferson County School District operates public schools in all of the county.

City

 * Fayette (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

 * Cannonsburg
 * Church Hill
 * Coon Box
 * Harriston
 * Lorman
 * McBride
 * Red Lick
 * Union Church

Ghost towns or defunct

 * Ashland (or Ashland Landing)
 * Gum Ridge
 * Old Greenville
 * Rodney
 * Uniontown

Politics
Jefferson County is overwhelmingly Democratic, and has supported Democratic candidates in presidential elections with at least 80% of the vote since Bill Clinton in 1992, who won 79%. Republicans have not garnered even 25% of the vote in presidential elections since 1972 (when Jefferson was one of only three counties in Mississippi to vote for George McGovern).

The last Republican to win the county was Barry Goldwater. Although Goldwater lost nationally in a landslide, he carried the state of Mississippi (and also Jefferson County) in a landslide, winning over 87% of the vote and carrying every county. Jefferson County supported him with 95% of the vote. Goldwater's lopsided victory was the result of Mississippi's decades-long suppression of the voting rights of African Americans, which only began to be reversed with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Notable people

 * Abijah Hunt, merchant who lived in Old Greenville during the Territorial Period, and owned a chain of stores and public cotton gins along the Natchez Trace
 * David Hunt, Antebellum planter who lived on Woodlawn Plantation in Jefferson County, and became one of 12 planter millionaires in the Natchez District before the American Civil War.
 * Zachary Taylor, U.S. president, planter, and soldier who often stayed on his plantation, Cypress Grove in Jefferson County, between 1840 and 1848.

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Jasper County, Mississippi

Jasper County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 16,367. In 1906, the state legislature established two county courts, one at the first county seat of Paulding in the eastern part of the county and also one at Bay Springs in the west, where the railroad had been constructed. Jasper County is part of the Laurel, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Bay Springs' growth soon surpassed that of Paulding. No roadway connected the two parts of the county until one was built in 1935–1936. The still largely rural county is the major producer in the state of gas and oil, located in the southeast, and of timber, cattle, and poultry.

History
Developed during the period of Indian Removal from the Southeast and increasing settlement by European Americans in the region, Jasper County was formed in 1833 from the middle section of what was previously a much larger Jones County. It was named for Sgt. William Jasper who distinguished himself in the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. When a shell from a British warship shot away the flagstaff, he recovered the flag, raised it on a temporary staff, and held it under fire until a new staff was installed. Sgt. Jasper was killed in the Siege of Savannah in 1779.

During the antebellum years, cotton was cultivated with slave labor on large plantations in the county. This was the heyday of the county seat of Paulding, Mississippi, called the "Queen City of the East." It was a trading center for the plantations, as well as for yeomen farmers in the area. While some African Americans left the county in the early 20th century during the Great Migration out of the rural South to northern cities, in 2010 Jasper County had a population that was 52.6 percent African American, reflecting its history of cotton development and of people's ties to generations in this land.

In the late nineteenth century, when local people declined to invest in railroad construction at Paulding, developers shifted the route to the west, stimulating growth at Bay Springs, where a sawmill had been built in 1880. About 1900 that community was incorporated as a city. In 1906 the state legislature designated Bay Springs as the second county seat. It attracted major timber companies, such as Georgia Pacific, and other industries.

It was not until 1935–1936, during the Great Depression under a WPA project, that the first east–west road was built across the county, connecting the city of Bay Springs in the west with Rose Hill, north of the community of Paulding, in the east.

Medical facilities have been built at Bay Springs, with the Jasper General Hospital operating since 1962. Jasper General Patient Rehab was constructed on the hospital grounds in 2012 to supplement the offerings.

Recreation in the county includes a 9-hole golf course at the Bay Springs Country Club. Fishing and hunting are available, including around Lake Claude Bennett near Rose Hill.

In the 21st century, the county is still largely rural, leading the state in timber, cattle, and poultry production. It is the state's major producer of gas and oil, with resources concentrated near the community of Heidelberg.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 677 sqmi, of which 676 sqmi is land and 1.2 sqmi (0.2%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-59.svg|20px]] Interstate 59
 * [[Image:US 11.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 11
 * [[Image:Circle sign 15.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 15
 * [[Image:Circle sign 18.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 18
 * [[Image:Circle sign 503.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 503
 * [[Image:Circle sign 513.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 513
 * [[Image:Circle sign 528.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 528
 * [[Image:Circle sign 531.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 531
 * [[Image:Circle sign 533.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 533

Adjacent counties

 * Newton County (north)
 * Clarke County (east)
 * Wayne County (southeast)
 * Jones County (south)
 * Smith County (west)

National protected area

 * Bienville National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 16,367 people, 6,629 households, and 4,746 families residing in the county.

Public education
There are two school districts:
 * East Jasper School District
 * West Jasper School District

City

 * Bay Springs (county seat)

Towns

 * Heidelberg
 * Louin
 * Montrose

Unincorporated communities

 * Garlandville
 * Lake Como
 * Moss
 * Paulding
 * Rose Hill
 * Stafford Springs
 * Stringer
 * Vernon
 * Vossburg

Ghost town

 * Success

In popular culture
The Veteran's Story is a book written by Ada Christine Lightsey. The subject of the book is American Civil War veteran Ransom Lightsey and Company F ("Jasper Grays"), 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

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Jackson County, Mississippi

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,252, making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States.

Jackson County is included in the Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the southeastern tip of the state. The county has sandy soil and is in the Piney Woods area. It borders the state of Alabama on its east side.

The county was severely damaged by both Hurricane Camille in August 1969 and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, which caused catastrophic effects.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1043 sqmi, of which 723 sqmi is land and 321 sqmi (31%) is water. It is the largest county in Mississippi by total area.

Despite the county's name, Jackson County does not contain the City of Jackson, the latter is located in Hinds County.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-10.svg|20px]] Interstate 10
 * [[Image:US 90.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 90
 * [[Image:Circle sign 57.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 57
 * [[Image:Circle sign 63.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 63
 * [[Image:Circle sign 609.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 609
 * [[Image:Circle sign 611.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 611
 * [[Image:Circle sign 613.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 613
 * [[Image:Circle sign 614.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 614

Adjacent counties

 * George County - north
 * Mobile County, Alabama - east
 * Harrison County - west
 * Stone County - northwest

National protected areas

 * De Soto National Forest (part)
 * Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (part)
 * Gulf Islands National Seashore (part)
 * Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 143,252 people, 56,323 households, and 38,007 families residing in the county.

Public Safety
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services for communities in the county that do not have their own local law enforcement. These communities are known as Census-Designated Places, or CDPs.

Education
School districts in the county include:

The Jackson County School District serves the Hurley, Wade, Big Point, Three Rivers, Harleston, Vestry, Latimer, and Vancleave communities, along with St. Martin and a small portion of Escatawpa. The Pascagoula-Gautier School District serves Pascagoula and most of the City of Gautier. The Moss Point School District serves Moss Point and most of Escatawpa. The Ocean Springs School District serves Ocean Springs.

Cities

 * Gautier
 * Moss Point
 * Ocean Springs
 * Pascagoula (county seat)

Census-designated places

 * Big Point
 * Escatawpa
 * Gulf Hills
 * Gulf Park Estates
 * Helena
 * Hurley
 * Latimer
 * St. Martin
 * Vancleave
 * Wade

Unincorporated places

 * East Moss Point
 * Poticaw Landing

Ghost towns

 * Brewton

Former census-designated places

 * Hickory Hills, merged into city of Gautier

Politics
Like most of the Solid South, Jackson County consistently voted for the Democratic presidential candidate through 1960, except for 1948, when it was carried by Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond. For much of this time, Republicans were lucky to get even 1,000 votes. It voted overwhelmingly for Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964, voted for George Wallace in 1968 over Republican Richard Nixon, and has stuck with Republicans ever since. Jimmy Carter is the last Democrat to manage 40 percent of the vote.

title: Jackson County, Mississippi


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Itawamba County, Mississippi

Itawamba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 23,863. Its county seat is Fulton. The county is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The county was named for Itawamba, an early 19th-century Chickasaw leader. He was prominent during the Indian Removal period of the early 19th century, but died before his people left the area.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 540 sqmi, of which 533 sqmi is land and 7.7 sqmi (1.4%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-22.svg|20px]] Interstate 22
 * [[Image:US 78.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 78
 * [[Image:Circle sign 23.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 23
 * [[Image:Circle sign 25.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 25
 * [[Image:Circle sign 76.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 76
 * [[Image:Circle sign 178.svg|20px]] Mississippi Highway 178
 * Natchez Trace Parkway

Adjacent counties

 * Tishomingo County - northeast
 * Franklin County, Alabama - east
 * Marion County, Alabama - southeast
 * Monroe County - south
 * Lee County - west
 * Prentiss County - northwest

National protected area

 * Natchez Trace Parkway (part)
 * Pharr Mounds (near Tupelo), 85 acre complex of earthwork burial mounds from the Middle Woodland period

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 23,863 people, 8,653 households, and 6,207 families residing in the county.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 22,770 people, 8,773 households, and 6,500 families in the county. The population density was 43 PD/sqmi. There were 9,804 housing units at an average density of 18 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 92.47% White, 6.47% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 0.99% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In 2000, there were 8,773 households, out of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.30% were married couples living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 23.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.95.

The county population contained 24.20% under the age of 18, 10.60% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,156, and the median income for a family was $36,793. Males had a median income of $29,231 versus $20,900 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,956. About 10.10% of families and 14.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 23.60% of those age 65 or over.

City

 * Fulton (county seat)

Towns

 * Mantachie
 * Tremont

Census-designated place

 * Kirkville

Unincorporated communities

 * Beans Ferry
 * Bounds Crossroads
 * Cadamy
 * Carolina
 * Clay
 * Dorsey
 * Tilden
 * Turon

Ghost towns

 * Rara Avis
 * Ryan's Well
 * Van Buren
 * Wheeling
 * Yale

Civil Rights
The County holds an annual Civil Rights march and speaker series in January on/around the celebration of MLK day. MLK Day Celebration The county was the site of the 2010 Itawamba County School District prom controversy when a lesbian student, Constance McMillen, from Fulton, had attempted to bring her partner to prom. The matter went to court, with the ACLU representing McMillen. On July 20, 2010, the school district settled the case out of court by paying McMillen US$ 35,000 (equivalent to $41,537 in 2020), paying her attorneys' fees, and agreeing to create a non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation.

Notable people

 * Brian Dozier, All-Star Major League Baseball second baseman, won 2019 World Series with the Washington Nationals
 * Delphia Spencer Hankins, American supercentenarian
 * John E. Rankin, sixteen-term Democratic U.S. Congressman (1920–1952)
 * Tammy Wynette, American country music artist

title: Itawamba County, Mississippi