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Grenada County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Granada , Spain
- Seat
- Grenada
- Largest city
- Grenada
- Total
- 449 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Land
- 422 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Water
- 27 sq mi (70 km ) 6.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,868
- Density
- 51.3/sq mi (19.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Province of Granada
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Grenada
- Capital
- Grenada
- Population
- 21629
- Area
- 449.41
- Shares border with
- Tallahatchie County
- Image
- Pulling into Grenada Station - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 8476
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- Commons category
- Grenada County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Grenada County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 6.1
- native label
- Grenada County
- per capita income
- 24625
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Grenada County, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Grenada County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 21,629. Its county seat is Grenada. The county was named for Granada, Spain. Its western half is part of the Mississippi Delta. Cotton cultivation was important to its economy well into the 20th century.
The Grenada, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Grenada County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grenada County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.