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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Clarksdale is a city in and the county seat of Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. [2] It is located along the Sunflower River.Clarksdale is named after John Clark, a settler who founded the city in the mid-19th century when he established a timber mill and business.
Yazoo City is the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth.
Tennessee Williams, playwright, spent much of his childhood in Clarksdale and Coahoma County. A Tennessee Williams Festival is held annually in Clarksdale. Blac Elvis was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Award-winning music producer/songwriter. Son House, blues singer and guitarist, (b. 1902 – d. 1988), was born at Lyon in Coahoma County ...
Eastern terminus of unsigned MS 818: Leflore: Sidon: 41.6: 66.9: MS 706 west (Front Street) – Downtown: Eastern terminus of MS 706: Greenwood: 48.8: 78.5: US 82 east / MS 7 north / MS 743 north – Winona: Cloverleaf interchange; south end of US 82/MS 7 overlap: 53.2: 85.6: US 82 west / MS 7 south – Itta Bena, Indianola: North end of US 82 ...
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Cosby, A.G. et al. A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta (1992) online (Alternate, Archive) Currie, James T. Enclave: Vicksburg and Her Plantations, 1863-1870. 1980. Dollard, John.
Bobo was named for world-champion bear hunter Robert E. Bobo. [3] Bobo is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and was once home to six general stores, a grocery store, and two sawmills. [4] A post office operated under the name Bobo from 1886 to 1973. [5]
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a Federal-State partnership whose mission it is to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Mississippi Delta. The Delta Regional Authority serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of eight states: Alabama , Arkansas , Illinois , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri , and Tennessee .