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Itawamba County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Levi Colbert (Itawamba)
- Seat
- Fulton
- Largest city
- Fulton
- Total
- 540 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 533 sq mi (1,380 km )
- Water
- 7.7 sq mi (20 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,152
- Density
- 44.8/sq mi (17.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- itawamba .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Fulton
- Capital
- Fulton
- Population
- 23863
- Area
- 1400
- Shares border with
- Marion County
- Official website
- itawambacoms.com
- Image
- Fulton-Itawamba-County-Courthouse-ms.jpg
- Households
- 8525
Show 6 more facts
- native label
- Itawamba County
- Commons category
- Itawamba County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Itawamba County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- per capita income
- 26024
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Itawamba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 23,863. Its county seat is Fulton. The county is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The county was named for Itawamba, an early 19th-century Chickasaw leader. He was prominent during the Indian Removal period of the early 19th century, but died before his people left the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Itawamba County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.