Place:Humphreys, Mississippi, United States

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NameHumphreys
Alt namesHumphreyssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates33.15°N 90.517°W
Located inMississippi, United States     (1918 - )
See alsoHolmes, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Sunflower, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Washington, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Yazoo, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Belzoni Cemetery
Inhabited place
Anchorage
Bellewood
Belzoni
Brooklyn
Castleman
Craig
Deovolente
Famosla
Four Mile
Gooden Lake
Grass Lake
Hard Cash
Hidi
Honey Island
Isola
Jaketown
Lake City
Lamkin
Lodi
Louise
Mathena
Midnight
Refuge
Richland
Romeo
Silver City
Sleepy Hollow
Wilzone
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Humphreys County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,375. Its county seat is Belzoni. The county is named for Benjamin G. Humphreys. Humphreys County is Mississippi's newest county, having been formed in 1918. Humphreys County is located in the Mississippi Delta region.

It was named 'Farm-Raised Catfish Capital of the World' in 1976 by then Governor Cliff Finch, since it produced more farm-raised catfish than any other U.S. county. Forty thousand acres (160 square kilometers) of the county are underwater and used to grow catfish. About 60% of U.S. farm-raised catfish is raised within a radius of the county seat, Belzoni. The title "Catfish Capital" has also been claimed by Savannah, Tennessee, and Des Allemands, Louisiana.

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Date Event Source
1918 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1920 19,192
1930 24,729
1940 26,257
1950 23,115
1960 19,093
1970 14,601
1980 13,931
1990 12,134
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~mshumphr/

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