Formed December 31, 1833 (36th county)
Neshoba County (29,094), Philadelphia (7,123)
The red brick Classical Revival facility, built in 1928, is on the corner of Beacon Street between Byrd and Center avenues. Mississippi State Highway 16 is Beacon Street in the town. R. C. Springer provided the building designs. There was an 1885 version earlier in Philadelphia, the only county seat. The building was renovated in 2003. The facility features columns and veterans’ memorials. The county was established on December 31, 1833 from parts of Jones, Madison, Rankin, and Wayne counties as the 36th county. Its name comes from the Native American word for “wolf.” The county seat is named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Neshoba County government consists of a sheriff, an administrator, an attorney, a collector, a coroner, an assessor and a clerk (executive). It has 5 Supervisors (legislative.) Two Chancery Court Judges serve Neshoba, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Kemper, and Winston counties, Two District Court Judges serve Neshoba, Leake, Newton, and Scott counties and a court clerk serves Neshoba County (judicial.) The county is in the eastern part of the state. Jackson, Mississippi is west and Birmingham, Alabama is northeast of the county. The county center is in Philadelphia 2 miles South-Southwest of the city center. The county is surrounded clockwise by Winston, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Leake, and Attala counties.
The area of the county is 570 square miles. It is 41 out of 82 in the state. It ranks 28 out of 82 in population in the state. It has a density of 51.0 persons per square mile making it 28 out of 82 in the state. Neshoba County has 26.4% of its population in its incorporated areas. There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county. The county is a rectangle. Philadelphia is located at the center of the county. Philadelphia is the county seat and the largest city. It is 24.5% of the county population. The county is pronounced NEE-SHOE-BA.
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