Place:Kemper, Mississippi, United States

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NameKemper
Alt namesKempersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates32.75°N 88.65°W
Located inMississippi, United States     (1833 - )
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Bogue Chitto
Deserted settlement
Ayanabi
Bogue Toocolo Chitto
Chomontakali
Cuthi Uckehaca
East Coongetto
East Yazo Skatane
Haanka Ullah
Holihtasha
Inhabited place
Akron
Antioch
Beckville
Binnsville
Blackwater
Bloomfield
Bluff Springs
Carters
Center Ridge
Cleveland
Cow Creek
Coy
Cullum
Damascus
Darnall
De Kalb
East Abeika
Electric Mills
Enondale
Giles
Hatchette
Herbert
Kellis Store
Kemper Springs
Kipling
Klondike
Liberty
Lynville
Millington
Moscow
Mount Nebo
Narkeeta
Oak Grove
Oktibbeha
Old Narkeetah
Old Scooba
Old Wahalak
Peden
Porterville
Preston
Prince Chapel
Prismatic
Red Bud
Rio
Rocky Mount
Sciples Mill
Scooba
Spinks
Sucarnoochee
Texas
Townsend
Wahalak
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kemper County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,456. Its county seat is De Kalb. The county is named in honor of Reuben Kemper.

The county is part of the Meridian, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010 the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved construction of the Kemper Project, designed to use "clean coal" to produce electricity for 23 counties in the eastern part of the state. , it was not completed and had cost overruns. It is designed as a model project to use gasification and carbon-capture technologies at this scale.

East Mississippi Community College is located in Kemper County in the town of Scooba, at the junction of US 45 and Mississippi Highway 16.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1833 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1840 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1881 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1881 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1881 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1912 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 7,663
1850 12,517
1860 11,682
1870 12,920
1880 15,719
1890 17,961
1900 20,492
1910 20,348
1920 19,619
1930 21,881
1940 21,867
1950 15,893
1960 12,277
1970 10,233
1980 10,148
1990 10,356
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Kemper County, Mississippi, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~mskemper/

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