Claiborne County, Mississippi

Founding: 1802
Parent county: Jefferson

Namesake: William Claiborne, Louisiana governor
Seat: Port Gibson (1802–)

Land area: 487 square miles

Population (2020): 9,135

Population (historic): 3,102 (1810); 13,078 (1840); 13,386 (1870); 20,787 (1900); 12,152 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870s; 1890s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 216 (5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 34.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $401
Average outbuilding value (1930): $123
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,154
Average farm size (1920): 52.7 acres
_________________________________________________________________________________

Port Gibson

Namesake: Samuel Gibson, owner of the city site

Founding: 1788 (platting); 1803 (post office); 1803 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,269

Population (historic): 1,524 (1890); 2,252 (1910); 1,861 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1920–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 120 (16%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.

_________________________________________________________________________________