Winterville is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

and

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Washington County,

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

, near

Mississippi Highway 1 Mississippi Highway 1 (MS 1) is a state highway in Mississippi that runs south from U.S. Highway 49 near Lula, Mississippi, Lula to U.S. Highway 61 south of Cary, Mississippi, Cary, roughly paralleling the Mississippi River. It travels approxi ...

. Winterville is approximately north of Greenville, the county seat, and approximately south of Lamont. The

Winterville site The Winterville site ( 22 WS 500) is a major archaeological site in unincorporated Washington County, Mississippi, north of Greenville and along the river. It consists of major earthwork monuments, including more than twelve large platform mo ...

, a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a National Register of Historic Places property types, building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States, United States government f ...

featuring more than twelve major earthwork mounds from the period of 11th to 15th centuries, is located near Winterville along Mississippi 1. It is the type site of the

Plaquemine Mississippian culture The Plaquemine culture was an archaeological culture (circa 1200 to 1700 CE) centered on the Lower Mississippi River valley. It had a deep history in the area stretching back through the earlier Coles Creek (700-1200 CE) and Troyville cultures ( ...

, from which the

Natchez Indians ttps://archive.org/details/dcouverteett01marg The Internet Archive website The Natchez ( , ) are a Native American people who originally lived in the Natchez Bluffs area in the Lower Mississippi Valley, near the present-day city of Natchez, Mis ...

descended. Preceding cultures also constructed mounds in this area. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 96.

Demographics

Education

It is in the

Western Line School District The Western Line School District (WLSD) is a public school district based in the community of Avon, Mississippi (USA). In addition to Avon, the district serves the town of Metcalfe, a small portion of Greenville, as well as the unincorporate ...

References

Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Washington County, Mississippi {{WashingtonCountyMS-geo-stub