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It is a Mississippi Landmark. There is also a Chickasaw County Courthouse in Okolona, Mississippi. [1] It was built in 1909–1910 and is the county's third courthouse building. Ruben Harrison Hunt was the architect. [2] It was owned by the Masonic Lodge. [1] It is a contributing property to the Houston Historic District. [3]
The city of Houston is served by the Chickasaw County School District. Houston High School is the community's high school. The Houston School District and the old Chickasaw County district merged into a new district on July 1, 2021. [12] The Houston Public Schools system is home to 11-time National Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge Championships.
Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,106. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. [2] The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundreds of years.
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]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne 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.
The Houston Carnegie Library, at Madison and Huddleston Sts. in Houston, Mississippi, is a Carnegie library that was built in 1909. It was the first Carnegie library built in Mississippi and was just the second public library in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] [2]
William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice 3,336: 435.3 sq mi (1,127 km 2) Simpson County: 127: Mendenhall: SI: 1824: Formed from Copiah County: Josiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [25] 25,715: 590.5 sq mi (1,529 km 2 ...
Donegal Tweed fabric – with the characteristic small pieces of yarn in different colours. The firm of Magee dates back to 1866. It was established by John Magee (1849–1901) who established a retail shop in the Diamond, in Donegal (town). He also bought tweed from Ardara and Carrick from part-time weavers who also worked as farmers and ...