Place:Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi, United States

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NameHolly Springs
Alt namesSuavatookysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS28007026
TypeCity
Coordinates34.773°N 89.446°W
Located inMarshall, Mississippi, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Banks Family Cemetery
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Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, at the southern border of Tennessee. Near the Mississippi Delta, the area was developed by European Americans for cotton plantations and was dependent on enslaved Africans. After the American Civil War, many freedmen continued to work in agriculture as sharecroppers and tenant farmers.

As the county seat, the city is a center of trade and court sessions. The population was 7,699 at the 2010 census, which, compared to the 2000 census, was a decrease. Holly Springs has several National Register of Historic Places-listed properties and historic districts, including Southwest Holly Springs Historic District, Holly Springs Courthouse Square Historic District, Depot-Compress Historic District, and East Holly Springs Historic District. Hillcrest Cemetery contains the graves of five Confederate generals, and has been called "Little Arlington of the South".

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