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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Coahoma County, Mississippi
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Coahoma County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 22 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Current listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi * National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi __NOTOC__ This is a list of properties and districts in Mississippi that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,400 sites distributed among all of Mississippi's 82 counties. The locations of National Registe ... References {{Coahoma County, Mississippi Coahoma * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Mississippi Highlighting Coahoma County
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coahoma, Mississippi
Coahoma is a town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 229. History Coahoma was founded in the 1880s, and named for its location within Coahoma County. Coahoma was a stop on the Mississippi Delta Railroad, completed in 1884. Geography Coahoma is north of Friar Point Road, west of U.S. Route 61 and east of the town of Friars Point on the Mississippi River. According to the United States Census Bureau, Coahoma has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census 2010 Census As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 377 people living in the town. 99.2% were African American and 0.8% White. As of the census of 2000, there were 325 people, 110 households, and 74 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 123 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.2% African American, 1.5% White and 0.3% from two or more races. There were 110 households, out of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Mississippi
__NOTOC__ This is a list of properties and districts in Mississippi that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,400 sites distributed among all of Mississippi's 82 counties. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Current listings by county The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Historic Landmarks In Mississippi
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi. It includes current National Historic Landmark, National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), and also National Park Service areas in Mississippi that overlap. National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi There are 40 National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi. Five of these are also State Historic Sites. For consistency, the sites are named here as designated under the National Historic Landmark program. A cross-reference list of all seven State Historic Sites is provided further below, which uses different names for some sites. The NHLs are concentrated in 17 of List of counties in Mississippi, Mississippi's 82 counties. Thirteen are in Adams County, Mississippi, Adams County alone. Former NHLs in Mississippi There have been no de-designations of Mississippi NHLs, but one NHL object has been moved out of the state and was subsequently delisted: National Park Service areas in Mississ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Lake, Mississippi
Moon Lake is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Moon Lake is approximately south of Lula and approximately north of Coahoma. The community of Moon Lake is located along Moon Lake. Moon Lake Casino In 1926, the Clarksdale Elks Club built a lodge on Moon Lake. The property changed ownership in 1936, and the Moon Lake Casino was opened there. Tennessee Williams visited Moon Lake Casino, and referred to it in all but two of his plays. Sarah Wright, who has owned the property since 1985, stated, "they loved to go to the Moon Lake Casino, because the place served Kansas City steaks and even flew in lobster from Maine, no easy task as airplane travel was then in its infancy. That was Tennessee's introduction to this place." William Faulkner also visited the place, and referred to it in one of his novels as "Moon Lake Hotel." Other writers and musicians, including John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Highway 1
Mississippi Highway 1 (MS 1) is a state highway in Mississippi that runs south from U.S. Highway 49 near Lula to U.S. Highway 61 south of Cary, roughly paralleling the Mississippi River. It travels approximately , serving Sharkey, Issaquena, Washington, Bolivar, and Coahoma Counties. The entire route is part of the Great River Road and lies entirely within the Mississippi Delta region. Route description MS 1 begins in far northeastern Sharkey County at the community of Onward at an intersection with US 61. It heads westward as a two-lane highway for a couple of miles to cross a creek before entering Issaquena County. MS 1 now crosses Newsom Bayou before having an intersection with MS 465 and turning northward to follow the Mississippi River at the Fitler community (where it passes by Fitler Lake). The highway winds its way north through rural farmland to pass through the town of Mayersville before curving eastward and inland for several miles. MS 1 turns back n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa (1870). There was a significant branch to Omaha, Nebraska (1899), west of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and another branch reaching Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1877), starting from Cherokee, Iowa. The Sioux Falls branch has been abandoned in its entirety. The Canadian National Railway acquired control of the IC in 1998, and merged its operations in 1999. Illinois Central continues to exist as a paper railroad. History The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly on January 16, 1836. Within a few months Rep. Zadok Casey (D-Illinois) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing a land grant to the company to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lula, Mississippi
Lula is a town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 204. Geography Lula is located near the northern border of Coahoma County. U.S. Route 49 passes southwest of the town, and U.S. Route 61 passes east of the town. US 49 leads northwest to Helena, Arkansas, while US 61 leads north to Tunica. Southbound, the two highways join and lead to Clarksdale, the Coahoma county seat, south of Lula. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Tornado On April 26, 2011, a tornado—part of the 2011 Super Outbreak—traveled from Elaine, Arkansas, to Lula. The tornado was rated Enha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Lara, Mississippi
Rena Lara is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located along Mississippi Highway 1 in southwestern Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Rena Lara is located on the former Riverside Division of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Rena Lara was once home to two general stores, two grocery stores, and the Richardson and May Land & Planting Company. it has a post office, with the ZIP code 38767. The post office first began operation in 1895. Pepper Sharpe, a Negro league pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ..., was born in Rena Lara. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 123. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattson, Mississippi
Mattson, also known as Earnest, is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 49 in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Mattson is south of Clarksdale and north of Dublin. History Mattson is named after a local family that owned a large sawmill in the area. Mattson is located at a junction of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. A post office operated under the name Earnest from 1887 to 1897 and first began operation under the name Mattson in 1897. A drug store operated by T. R. Montgomery formerly operated in Mattson. Notable people * Big George Brock, blues harmonica player * Clayton Love Clayton D. Love Jr. (November 16, 1927 – February 28, 2010) was an American blues pianist, who led his own band, the Shufflers, in the early 1950s. He was later a vocalist in Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm. Biography Love was bor ..., blues pianist, bandleader, singer References Unincorporated communities in Coahoma County, Missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
