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| Name | Lincoln |
| Alt names | Lincoln | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 31.55°N 90.45°W |
| Located in | Mississippi, United States (1870 - ) |
| See also | Amite, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Copiah, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Franklin, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lawrence, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pike, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,869. Its county seat is Brookhaven.
The county was created by the legislature on April 7, 1870, during the Reconstruction Era. It was formed from portions of Lawrence, Pike, Franklin, Copiah, and Amite counties. It was named for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.
Lincoln County comprises the Brookhaven, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Jackson–Vicksburg–Brookhaven Combined Statistical Area. The county is southwest of the state capital of Jackson.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1870 | 10,184
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| 1880 | 13,547
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| 1890 | 17,912
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| 1900 | 21,552
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| 1910 | 28,597
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| 1920 | 24,652
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| 1930 | 26,357
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| 1940 | 27,506
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| 1950 | 27,899
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| 1960 | 26,759
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| 1970 | 26,198
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| 1980 | 30,174
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| 1990 | 30,278
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External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mslincol/
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