Sharkey County, Mississippi

Founding: 1876
Parent county: Issaquena

Namesake: William Sharkey, Mississippi governor
Seat: Rolling Fork (1876–)

Land area: 432 square miles

Population (2020): 3,800

Population (historic): 6,306 (1880); 12,178 (1900); 13,877 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1930s

Subdivisions: One city; two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 110 (5.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 5.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 53%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 39.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $422
Average outbuilding value (1930): $142
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,142
Average farm size (1920): 21.9 acres
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Rolling Fork

Namesake: Rapids along Deer Creek

Founding: 1848 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,883

Population (historic): 91 (1880); 703 (1920); 902 (1930)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 60 (6.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Georgianna / Hunt House (c. 1850). Cary–Blanton Road, northeast of Crawford Road.
2. Mount Helena (1907). 139 Helena Road. Classical Revival.

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