Neshoba County

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Neshoba County is a rural county in Mississippi known for its historical significance in the civil rights movement and its annual Neshoba County Fair.

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Label Occurrences
Neshoba County, Mississippi 14
Neshoba County canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
contains Choctaw Indian Reservation (portions) ⓘ
Pearl River community ⓘ
Philadelphia, Mississippi ⓘ
Union, Mississippi ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Philadelphia, Mississippi ⓘ
demographics predominantly White and African American population ⓘ
significant Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians population ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
services ⓘ
timber ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasAttraction Neshoba County Fairgrounds ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County Fair
hasCourthouse Neshoba County Courthouse in Philadelphia ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance site of major Mississippi political stump speeches ⓘ
symbolic location in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ
hasEvent Neshoba County Fair ⓘ
hasJurisdiction unincorporated areas within Neshoba County ⓘ
hasLawEnforcement Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict Neshoba County School District ⓘ
Philadelphia Public School District ⓘ
hasTribalSchoolSystem Choctaw Tribal School System ⓘ
historicalEvent 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor 1964 Freedom Summer murders of civil rights workers ⓘ
Neshoba County Fair ⓘ
civil rights movement history ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
Neshoba County, Mississippi, is in the central part of the state ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Neshoba (Choctaw word meaning ‘wolf’) ⓘ
NeshobaCountyFairKnownFor agricultural and livestock exhibitions ⓘ
camp houses and cabins ⓘ
political speeches ⓘ
partOf East Central Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi’s 3rd congressional district ⓘ
regionType rural county ⓘ
seat Philadelphia, Mississippi ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
UTC−06:00 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC−05:00 ⓘ
transportation served by Mississippi Highway 15 ⓘ
served by Mississippi Highway 19 ⓘ
served by U.S. Highway 16 ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Mississippi → contains → Neshoba County ⓘ
Kemper County, Mississippi → borderedBy → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Newton County, Mississippi → borders → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Attala County, Mississippi → borderedBy → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Newton County, Mississippi → borders → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
subject linked to: Newton County
linked to: Neshoba County
Mississippi Highway 15 → passesThroughAdministrativeEntity → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Winston County, Mississippi → borderingEntity → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Mississippi Highway 16 → locatedIn → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Mississippi Highway 21 → locatedInCounty → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Mississippi Hill Country → hasNotableCounty → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Philadelphia, Mississippi → county → Neshoba County ⓘ
Philadelphia, Mississippi → locatedIn → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Philadelphia, Mississippi → isCountySeatOf → Neshoba County ⓘ
Philadelphia, Mississippi → partOf → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians → reservationLocatedIn → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Kemper County, Mississippi → sharesBorderWith → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County
Mississippi Highway 19 → passesThroughCounty → Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County