Holmes County, Mississippi

Founding: 1833
Parent county: Yazoo
Namesake: David Holmes, Mississippi politician
Seat: Lexington (1833–)
Land area: 757 square miles
Population (2020): 17,000
Population (historic): 9,452 (1840); 19,370 (1870); 36,828 (1900); 38,534 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1920–1940
Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns
National Register listings: 17
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 493 (6.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 41.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $304
Average outbuilding value (1930): $112

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 6,240
Average farm size (1920): 34 acres
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Lexington

 
Namesake: Lexington, Massachusetts
Founding: 1833 (platting); 1833 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,602
Population (historic): 656 (1850); 744 (1870); 1,075 (1890); 2,428 (1910); 2,590 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1910; 1920–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 116 (14.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Clifton / Henry Adams Plantation (c. 1850). 760 Jones Road. Greek Revival.
2. *Eureka Masonic College (1847). 6776 State Route 14. Federal.