Jefferson County

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Jefferson County is a rural county in southwestern Mississippi known for its small population, agricultural landscape, and historic communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jefferson County canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Adams County, Mississippi ⓘ
Claiborne County, Mississippi ⓘ
Copiah County, Mississippi ⓘ
Franklin County, Mississippi ⓘ
Lincoln County, Mississippi ⓘ
borders Louisiana (across the Mississippi River) ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsHistoricSite Alcorn State University vicinity (nearby in Claiborne County) ⓘ
containsSettlement Fayette, Mississippi ⓘ
Harriston, Mississippi ⓘ
Lorman, Mississippi ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
governedBy Jefferson County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agricultural landscape ⓘ
historic communities ⓘ
rural ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasCountySeat Fayette, Mississippi ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly African American population ⓘ
small population ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
timber production ⓘ
hasGovernmentFunction local law enforcement ⓘ
maintenance of rural roads ⓘ
property assessment and taxation ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Deep South plantation history ⓘ
Reconstruction-era rural communities ⓘ
hasLandUse farmland ⓘ
forested areas ⓘ
hasLargestCity Fayette, Mississippi ⓘ
hasPrimaryIndustry cattle and livestock production ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
row-crop farming ⓘ
hasPrimaryTransportation Mississippi Highway 28 ⓘ
U.S. Route 61 ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInFederalState State of Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Loess bluffs and river bottomlands of Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southwestern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Southwestern Mississippi rural region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
partOf American South ⓘ
Mississippi Delta region ⓘ
United States Census Bureau county units ⓘ
subdivisionType county government ⓘ
traversedBy Mississippi River ⓘ

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

Central Mississippi → contains → Jefferson County ⓘ