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The Confederate section contains about 150 graves of Confederate soldiers who died in the Grenada area. [2] The cemeteries may contain burials from several specific calamities. Grenada suffered a tornado on May 7, 1846, which destroyed 112 houses and killed 21 persons. And it suffered a fire in 1855 which burned about half of the town's buildings.
Grenada (/ ɡ r ə ˈ n eɪ d ə / [2]) is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1836, [ 3 ] the population was 13,092 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Grenada County .
Jackson police had found Hankins dead from an overdose in a motel on May 23, 2022, only days after he went missing. The Hinds County coroner’s office identified him based on fingerprints soon ...
Jefferson Davis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,321. [1] Its county seat is Prentiss. [2] The county is named after Mississippi Senator and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The county was carved out of Covington and Lawrence counties in March 1906.
Mississippi John Hurt Museum, in Avalon, Mississippi. There was a memorial and museum dedicated to Hurt in Avalon, Mississippi, parallel to Rural Route 2, the rural road he grew up on. On February 20, 2024, it was destroyed in a fire the day after being made a National Landmark. Arson is not suspected. [18]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grenada 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.
Holcomb is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the community had a population of 600. [3] Holcomb has a post office with the ZIP Code of 38940.
Grenada County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1] As of the 2020 Census, the population was 21,629. [2] Its county seat is Grenada. [3] The county was named for Granada, Spain. [4] Its western half is part of the Mississippi Delta. Cotton cultivation was important to its economy well into the 20th century.