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Lowndes County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- William Jones Lowndes
- Seat
- Columbus
- Largest city
- Columbus
- Total
- 516 sq mi (1,340 km )
- Land
- 506 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,346
- Density
- 116/sq mi (44.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- lowndescountyms .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Lowndes
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Columbus
- Capital
- Columbus
- Population
- 58879
- Area
- 1338
- Shares border with
- Oktibbeha County
- Official website
- www.lowndescountygov.com
- Image
- Friendship Cemetery 264-001.JPG
- Households
- 22457
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- Commons category
- Lowndes County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Lowndes County, Mississippi
- different from
- Lowndes County
- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- native label
- Lowndes County
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lowndes County, Mississippi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lowndes County, Mississippi
- per capita income
- 26439
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Encyclopedic overview
Lowndes County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 58,879. Its county seat is Columbus. The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes.
Lowndes County comprises the Columbus, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. Since the late 20th century, it has been designated as one of three counties in the Golden Triangle region of the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lowndes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.