Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
WILKINSON COUNTY, situated at the southwest corner of Mississippi, with Mississippi river on the west. Area, 580 square miles. Seat of justice, Woodville. Pop. in 1810, 5,068; in 1820, 9,718; in 1830, 11,686; in 1840, 14,193; in 1850, 16,720. (Fanning's, 1853)