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Alcorn County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Established
- April 15, 1870 , (156 years ago) ( 1870-04-15 )
- Named after
- James L. Alcorn
- Seat
- Corinth
- Largest city
- Corinth
- Total
- 401 sq mi (1,040 km )
- Land
- 400 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,569
- Density
- 87/sq mi (34/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- alcorncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James L. Alcorn
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Jacinto
- Capital
- Corinth
- Population
- 34740
- Area
- 1039
- Shares border with
- Tippah County
- Official website
- www.alcorncounty.org
- Image
- Alcorn County Courthouse located in Corinth, Mississippi.jpg
- Households
- 14610
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- Commons category
- Alcorn County, Mississippi
- native label
- Alcorn County
- topic's main category
- Category:Alcorn County, Mississippi
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- inception
- 1870-04-15
- per capita income
- 22887
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Alcorn County, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Alcorn County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,740. Its county seat is Corinth. The county is named in honor of Governor James L. Alcorn. The Corinth Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Alcorn County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alcorn County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.