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Greenville is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, and the largest city by population in the Mississippi Delta region. It is the county seat of Washington County . The population was 29,670 at the 2020 Census .
Old Greenville is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. The town was located along the old Natchez Trace and was once the largest town along the Trace. Nothing exists at the site today except the town's cemetery.
The Greenville Commercial Historic District in Greenville, Mississippi is a 7.3-acre (3.0 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1997. [1] It includes 12 contributing buildings , covering the majority of the 200 block of Main Street, plus 300 Main Street, 200 Walnut Street, 206 Walnut Street ...
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,922. [1] Its county seat is Greenville. [2] The county is named in honor of the first president of the United States, George Washington.
Steele's Greenville expedition took place from April 2 to 25, 1863, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces commanded by Major General Frederick Steele occupied Greenville, Mississippi, and operated in the surrounding area, to divert Confederate attention from a more important movement made in Louisiana by Major General John A. McClernand's corps.
The second floor was rented to the Greenville Temple Association, a Freemason lodge, from 1883 to 1914. [2] The first floor was rented to the Greenville Bank and Trust Company from 1906 to 1910. [2] From 1943 to 1968, the building was rented by the Delta Democrat Times. [2] Later, it was rented to the Mississippi Industries for the Blind. [2]
The first courthouse in Greenville was built when the new town became the county seat in 1847. The town was moved northward due to recurring flooding and damage caused during the Civil War. A new courthouse was built near the corner of Poplar and Nelson Streets.
Harriet Byron McAllister Blanton Theobald (April 17, 1798 – September 7, 1888) was an American philanthropist and is referred to as the "Mother of Greenville", Mississippi. [1] [2] She deeded much of her land and right of ways to what became the new site of Greenville, Mississippi after 1865.