Tishomingo County, Mississippi

 

Founding: 1836
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Tishomingo, Chickasaw chief
Seat: Jacinto (1836–1870); Iuka (1870–)

Land area: 424 square miles

Population (2020): 18,850

Population (historic): 6,681 (1840); 24,149 (1860); 8,774 (1880); 10,124 (1900); 16,411 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; two villages

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 462 (4.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 46.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $283
Average outbuilding value (1930): $107
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,250
Average farm size (1920): 29 acres

Sources of settlement: Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia
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Iuka

Namesake: Uncertain—likely a reference to a Chickasaw village near the city site

Founding: 1857 (founding); 1857 (post office)

Population (2020): 3,139

Population (historic): 845 (1880); 882 (1900); 1,441 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1940; 1950–1990; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 54 (3.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert Brinkley House (1857/1911). 605 East Eastport Street. Classical Revival.

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