Headnote

CHOCTAW COUNTY, situated in the central part of Mississippi. Area, 920 square miles. Seat of justice, Greensborough. Pop. in 1840, 6,010; in 1850, 11,402. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Choctaw County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CHOCTAW COUNTY, situated in the central part of Mississippi. Area, 920 square miles. Seat of justice, Greensborough. Pop. in 1840, 6,010; in 1850, 11,402.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 80.
Date Title
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Mississippi Women,” July 18, 1861
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