Clarke County, MS

Headnote

CLARKE COUNTY, situated on the cast boundary of Mississippi, and watered by Chickasaw river. Area, 650 square miles. Seat of justice, Quitman. Pop. in 1840, 2,986; in 1850, 5,477. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Clarke County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CLARKE COUNTY, situated on the cast boundary of Mississippi, and watered by Chickasaw river. Area, 650 square miles. Seat of justice, Quitman. Pop. in 1840, 2,986; in 1850, 5,477.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 83.
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