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 _____...