Quitman County, Mississippi

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county county in Mississippi

Quitman County, Mississippi is a rural county in the Mississippi Delta region known for its agricultural economy and significant role in African American history and the civil rights movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county in Mississippi ⓘ
borderedBy Coahoma County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panola County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tate County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tunica County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains Crowder, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lambert, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marks, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Marks, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicGroup large African American population ⓘ
economyType agricultural economy ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agricultural ⓘ
rural ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole example of rural poverty highlighted in 1960s civil rights era ⓘ
site of civil rights activism in the Mississippi Delta ⓘ
hasLandUse corn farming ⓘ
cotton farming ⓘ
row-crop agriculture ⓘ
soybean farming ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Mississippi Highway 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi Highway 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 278 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorRiverNearby Mississippi River (regional proximity) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext center of sharecropping and tenant farming in the 20th century ⓘ
part of the Black migration story from the rural South to northern cities ⓘ
knownFor African American history ⓘ
Delta blues heritage ⓘ
cotton production ⓘ
role in the civil rights movement ⓘ
largestCity Marks, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States South ⓘ
northwestern Mississippi ⓘ
namedAfter John A. Quitman NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType Delta county ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Daylight Time

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunica County, Mississippi → borders → Quitman County, Mississippi ⓘ
Marks, Mississippi, United States → county → Quitman County, Mississippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Marks, Mississippi
Marks, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → Quitman County, Mississippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Marks, Mississippi
Marks, Mississippi, United States → isCountySeatOf → Quitman County, Mississippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Marks, Mississippi