Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Founding: 1802
Parent county: Adams
Namesake: James Wilkinson, Louisiana territorial governor
Seat: Pinckneyville (1806–1810s); Woodville (1810s–)
Land area: 678 square miles
Population (2020): 8,587
Population (historic): 5,068 (1810); 14,193 (1840); 12,705 (1870); 21,453 (1900); 13,957 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1870s; 1890s; 1930s; 1990s
Subdivisions: Three towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 160 (3.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 48.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $305
Average outbuilding value (1930): $129

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,436
Average farm size (1920): 44.2 acres
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Woodville

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: pre-1811 (founding); 1811 (incorporation); 1812 (post office)
Population (2020): 928
Population (historic): 965 (1880); 1,043 (1900); 1,113 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1910; 1920–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 96 (16.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Hampton Hall / Hugh Connell House (c. 1825). Blues Highway and Jackson–Louisiana Road. Federal.
2. Desert / Robert Semple Farm (c. 1830/1845/1920). 411 Desert Lane. Federal.
3. Forest Home / Wilson Burton Farm (remodeled c. 1850). Forest Home Lane. Greek Revival. Razed.
4. Greenwood. 348 Greenwood Plantation Road.
5. Salisbury / Moses Hook House (c. 1811). South of Salisbury Lane, near Tilsey's Creek. Federal.
6. Pleasant Hill (c. 1840). State Route 24, east of Miller Lane. Federal.
7. Rosemont / Samuel Davis House (c. 1815). State Route 24, north of Flower Lane. Federal.
8. Holly Grove / Duncan Stewart House (c. 1815). 2790 State Route 33. Federal.

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