Humphreys County, Mississippi

Founding: 1918
Parent counties: Holmes, Sunflower, Washington, and Yazoo

Namesake: Benjamin Humphreys, Mississippi governor
Seat: Belzoni (1918–)

Land area: 418 square miles

Population (2020): 7,785

Population (historic): 19,192 (1920); 24,729 (1930); 26,257 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1940

Subdivisions: One city; three towns

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 281 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 5.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 48.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 43.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $343
Average outbuilding value (1930): $40
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,695
Average farm size (1920): 26.4 acres
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Belzoni

Namesake: Giovanni Belzoni, Italian explorer

Founding: 1895 (platting); 1910 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,938

Population (historic): 263 (1900); 1,059 (1910); 2,277 (1920); 2,735 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1895–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 99 (11.4%)

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