Editing Issaquena County, Mississippi

{{short description|County in Mississippi, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Issaquena County
 | state                = Mississippi
 | ex image             = Court House, Issaquena County, Mississippi.jpg
 | ex image size        = 220px
 | ex image cap         = Historic photo of the Issaquena County Courthouse in [[Mayersville, Mississippi]]
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1844
 | founded date         = January 23
 | seat wl              = Mayersville
 | largest city wl      = Mayersville
 | city type            = town
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 441
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 413
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 28
 | area percentage      = 6.4
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 1338
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2022
 | population_est       = 1273 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | web                  = 
 | district             = 2nd
 | time zone            = Central
}}

'''Issaquena County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɪ|s|ə|ˈ|k|w|iː|n|ə}}, ''[[Help:Pronunciation respelling key|ISS-ə-KWEEN-ə]]'') is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Mississippi]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]], its population was 1,338,<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/issaquenacountymississippi/PST045222 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> making it the [[County statistics of the United States#Population|least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Mayersville, Mississippi|Mayersville]].<ref name="GR6">{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> With a [[Per capita income|per-capita income]] of $24,489, Issaquena County is, by that measure, the [[List of lowest-income counties in the United States|third-poorest county in the United States]].<ref name="Personal Income">{{cite web |title=Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022 |url=https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/lapi1123.pdf |website=Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>

Issaquena County is located in the [[Mississippi Delta]] region. The [[Mississippi River]] flows along the entire western boundary of the county, and many of the earliest communities were river ports.

The county's economy is chiefly based on agriculture and a prison, the Issaquena County Correctional Facility.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 12, 2019 |title=Issaquena County Correctional Facility to remain open |access-date=November 9, 2024 |publisher=[[WJTV]] |url=https://www.mdoc.ms.gov/facilities/issaquena-county-correctional-facility}}</ref> Hunting also contributes to the economy; Mississippi's two most recent records for the heaviest alligator taken by a hunter have both been in Issaquena County, the latest in 2012 when a {{convert|697.5|lb|kg|abbr=on}} alligator was killed at a camp near [[Fitler, Mississippi|Fitler]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2012 |title=New Record Gator Bagged in Mississippi |url=http://www.knoe.com/story/19637995/new-record-gator-bagged-in-mississippi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201200950/http://www.knoe.com/story/19637995/new-record-gator-bagged-in-mississippi |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |publisher=KNOE.COM}}</ref>

==History==
"Issaquena" (''isi okhina'') is a [[Choctaw]] word meaning "Deer River"; it is the Indian name for [[Deer Creek (Mississippi)|Deer Creek]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baca |first=Keith A. |url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html |title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-60473-483-6 |page=44}}</ref>  The Choctaw people were the first inhabitants of the county, and were removed from their land in 1820.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franks |first=Bob |year=2010 |title=Introduction |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msissaq2/ |publisher=Issaquena Genealogy and History Project}}</ref>  Non-Native settlers began arriving in the early 1830s.

Issaquena county was established on January 23, 1844, from the southern portion of Washington County. The first county seat was located in [[Skipwith's Landing, Mississippi|Skipwith]], and then moved to [[Duncansby, Mississippi|Duncansby]] (both communities are now ghost towns). In 1848, the county seat moved to [[Tallula, Mississippi|Tallula]], and in 1871, to Mayersville.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hellmann |first=Paul T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQ-R4O2L3nEC&dq=%22gipson%27s+landing%22&pg=PP5 |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Routledge |year=2005 |isbn=9780203997000}}</ref>

The county lies entirely in the [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain]], and hardwood forest known as "bottomland" grows thick in the 
nutrient-rich, high-clay "buckshot" soil. Early settlers cleared many forests, and by the early 1890s about {{convert|50,000|acre|ha|abbr=on}} of the county was growing corn, cotton, and oats. About that same time, the [[Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway]] was completed along a north–south route through the center of the county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msissaq2/history.html |access-date=November 16, 2013 |website=General County History and Information |publisher=Issaquena Genealogy and History Project}}</ref>

In 1876, [[Sharkey County, Mississippi|Sharkey County]] was created from portions of Issaquena, Warren, and Washington counties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Sharkey County |url=http://sharkey.msghn.org/ |access-date=November 16, 2013 |publisher=Mississippi Genealogy & History Network}}</ref>

===Slavery===
In 1860,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states of the United States. Compiled from the census of 1860 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3861e.cw0013200/?r=0.325,0.35,0.215,0.107,0 |website=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> 92.5% of Issaquena County's total population were [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved people]], the highest concentration anywhere in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Tom |year=2001 |title=Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/msissaquena.htm |publisher=Ancestry.com}}</ref>  The U.S. Census for that year showed that 7,244 slaves were held in Issaquena County, and of 115 slave owners, 39 held 77 or more slaves.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franks |first=Bob |year=2010 |title=Issaquena County Slave Research |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msissaq2/ |publisher=Issaquena Genealogy and History Project}}</ref>  [[Stephen Duncan]] of Issaquena County held 858 slaves, second only to [[Joshua John Ward]] of South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Tom |year=2004 |title=THE SIXTEEN LARGEST AMERICAN SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/biggest16.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719043247/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/biggest16.htm |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=June 9, 2013 |publisher=Ancestry.com}}</ref>  This large "value of slave property" made Issaquena County the second richest county in the United States, with "mean total wealth per freeman" at $26,800 in 1860 ({{Inflation|US-GDP|26800|1860|fmt=eq|r=-3|cursign=$}}).<ref name="cobb">{{Cite book |last=Cobb |first=James C. |title=[[The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity]] |publisher=Oxford |year=1992 |isbn=9780199762439}} - [https://books.google.com/books?id=WF3hl9UAODAC&pg=PP1 Read at] [[Google Books]]</ref>  By 1880—just 15 years after the abolition of slavery—the county had developed "a strong year-round market for wage labor", and Issaquena was the only county in Mississippi to report "no sharecropping or sharerenting whatsoever".<ref name="cobb" />

===Civil War===
{{Main|Steele's Bayou Expedition}}
During the winter of 1862 and spring of 1863, Union Army General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] conducted a series of amphibious operations aimed at capturing the Confederate stronghold of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], located south of Issaquena County.

The Steele's Bayou Expedition occurred on waterways within Issaquena County, including Steele Bayou, [[Little Sunflower River]], [[Sunflower River|Big Sunflower River]], [[Deer Creek (Mississippi)|Deer Creek]], Black Bayou, Little Black Bayou, and the [[Yazoo River]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steele's Bayou Expedition |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msissaq2/civilwar4.html |access-date=November 16, 2013 |publisher=Rootsweb}}</ref>

The shallow waterways proved difficult for the large Union boats, and Confederate defenses were robust. The Steele's Bayou Expedition was a defeat for Union forces in Issaquena County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steele's Bayou Expedition |url=http://www.mycivilwar.com/campaigns/630314E.html |access-date=November 16, 2013 |publisher=Mycivilwar.com}}</ref>

=== Weather events ===
{{Full article|1971 Inverness tornado}}
In 1971, a large and long-tracked [[tornado]] destroyed multiple towns in Issaquena County.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|441|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|413|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|28|sqmi}} (6.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074019/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=November 4, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 61.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 61 in Mississippi|U.S. Route 61]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 1.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 1]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 14.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 14]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 16.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 16]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Washington County, Mississippi|Washington County]] (north)
* [[Sharkey County, Mississippi|Sharkey County]] (northeast)
* [[Yazoo County, Mississippi|Yazoo County]] (east)
* [[Warren County, Mississippi|Warren County]] (south)
* [[East Carroll Parish, Louisiana]] (west)
* [[Chicot County, Arkansas]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 4478
|1860= 7831
|1870= 6887
|1880= 10004
|1890= 12318
|1900= 10400
|1910= 10560
|1920= 7618
|1930= 5734
|1940= 6433
|1950= 4966
|1960= 3576
|1970= 2737
|1980= 2513
|1990= 1909
|2000= 2274
|2010= 1406
|2020= 1338
|estyear=2023
|estimate=1256
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html |access-date=April 5, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=November 4, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |access-date=November 4, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ms190090.txt |access-date=November 4, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=November 4, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Issaquena County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US28055&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=December 8, 2021 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Number
!Percent
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|748
|55.9%
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|440
|32.88%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|128
|9.57%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|16
|1.2%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|5
|0.37%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|1
|0.07%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census|census of 2020]], there were 1,338 people, 483 households, and 274 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|census of 2010]], there were 1,406 people living in the county. 64.4% were [[African American|Black or African American]], 34.6% [[white American|White]], 0.4% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.1% of some other race and 0.2% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 0.6% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|census of 2000]], there were 2,274 people, 726 households, and 509 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|5.15|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 877 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 36.32% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 62.75% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.22% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.44% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 726 households, out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.60% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.37.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.70% under the age of 18, 10.90% from 18 to 24, 30.90% from 25 to 44, 19.90% from 45 to 64, and 10.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 113.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $19,936, and the median income for a family was $23,913. Males had a median income of $23,167 versus $17,115 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $10,581. About 25.90% of families and 33.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 43.20% of those under age 18 and 41.00% of those age 65 or over.

Issaquena County has the [[Mississippi locations by per capita income|second lowest]] per capita income in Mississippi and the [[List of lowest-income counties in the United States|36th lowest]] in the United States.

===Poverty and unemployment===
Of 3,197 counties ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2011 for "estimated percent of people of all ages in poverty", Issaquena was 14th; for those under age 18, the county was eighth. It was estimated that 40.1 percent of the county's residents lived in poverty.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=Table 1: 2011 Poverty and Median Income Estimates - Counties - Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates |url=https://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/downloads/estmod11/est11ALL.xls |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010134222/http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/downloads/estmod11/est11ALL.xls |archive-date=October 10, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

In 2014, Issaquena County had the highest percentage of unemployed people in Mississippi, and the fifth highest of any county in the United States, at 18.4 percent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Labor Force Data by County, 2014 Annual Averages |url=http://www.bls.gov/lau/laucnty14.xlsx |access-date=July 27, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}}</ref>

==Government and politics==
The county has been depopulating, similar to some other rural [[Black Belt in the American South|Black Belt]] counties.

The county is considered to lean Democratic, voting for [[Barack Obama]] in both 2008 and 2012. However, the county voted for Republican senator [[Thad Cochran]]'s reelection bid in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 Senatorial General Election Results - Issaquena County, MS |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2014&fips=28055&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=2 |access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref> Donald Trump came within 50 votes of winning the county in 2020 and won it by only 9 votes in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2012 Presidential General Election Results - Issaquena County, MS |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2012&fips=28055&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref>

In the [[2023 Mississippi elections|2023 statewide elections]], Issaquena voted Republican for two races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issaquena |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=4169 |access-date=July 9, 2020 |publisher=Our Campaigns}}</ref> In [[:Category:2024 Mississippi elections|2024]], the county voted Republican both of the statewide races, with [[Donald Trump]] flipping the county Republican for the first time since 1984 on a presidential level.

{{PresHead|place=Issaquena County, Mississippi|source=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=March 4, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|296|287|39|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|308|355|13|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|298|395|6|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|302|479|6|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|364|579|7|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|439|516|15|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|366|555|20|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|269|546|58|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|298|550|142|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|424|511|38|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|512|501|21|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|349|598|21|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|325|567|62|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|701|395|57|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|44|527|534|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|456|34|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1960|Dixiecrat|64|178|181|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|42|172|75|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|127|170|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|5|11|209|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|5|215|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|9|218|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|0|214|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1|159|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|6|134|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|17|126|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|13|83|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|8|94|3|Mississippi}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|3|99|9|Mississippi}}

==Education==
There are no schools located in Issaquena County. Students attend campuses in neighboring Sharkey and Washington counties.
* '''Public School Districts'''<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28055_issaquena/DC10SD_C28055_001.pdf SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Issaquena County, MS]." [[United States Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on July 4, 2017.</ref>
** [[South Delta School District]] – Based in [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]]; Serves most of Issaquena County including Mayersville. Operates [[South Delta High School]].
** [[Western Line School District]] – Based in [[Avon, Mississippi|Avon]]; Serves northwestern portion of Issaquena County.
* '''Private Schools'''
** [[Sharkey-Issaquena Academy]] – Located in Rolling Fork; Enrollment open to Issaquena County residents.

In the segregation era (before around 1970) the county only had schools for black students.<ref>Morris, Tiyi M. "Black Women Activists in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1974." In: Glasrud, Bruce A. and [[Merline Pitre]] (editors). ''Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement''. Start p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=n5RzeC3m4cQC&pg=PA137 137]. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=n5RzeC3m4cQC&pg=PA147 147].</ref>

==Communities==
===Town===
* [[Mayersville, Mississippi|Mayersville]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Grace, Mississippi|Grace]]
* [[Valley Park, Mississippi|Valley Park]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Chotard, Mississippi|Chotard]]
* [[Fitler, Mississippi|Fitler]]
* [[Tallula, Mississippi|Tallula]]

===Ghost towns===
* [[Arcadia, Mississippi|Arcadia]]
* [[Baleshed, Mississippi|Baleshed]]
* [[Ben Lomond, Mississippi|Ben Lomond]]
* [[Duncansby, Mississippi|Duncansby]]
* [[Magna Vista, Mississippi|Magna Vista]]
* [[Shiloh, Mississippi|Shiloh]]
* [[Skipwith's Landing, Mississippi|Skipwith's Landing]]

==Notable people==
[[File:Muddy Waters.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Muddy Waters]]
* [[Unita Blackwell]], civil rights leader and mayor of Mayersville from 1976 to 2001; first female African-American mayor in Mississippi
* [[Charles C. Diggs, Sr.]], first African-American Democrat elected to the [[Michigan Senate]]; born in Tallula<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dillard |first=Angela D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qc8QY2WLZHUC&pg=PP1 |title=Faith in the City: Preaching Radical Social Change in Detroit |publisher=University of Michigan |year=2007 |isbn=978-0472032075}}</ref>
* [[William Stamps Farish II]], president of Standard Oil; born in Mayersville<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Karen |title=Farish, William Stamps |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffa07 |access-date=November 16, 2013 |website=Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref>
* [[Muddy Waters]], blues musician (1913–1983); born in "Jug's Corner"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muddy Waters Birthplace |url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/muddy-waters-birthplace |access-date=October 23, 2013 |publisher=Mississippi Blues Commission}}</ref>
* [[Eliza Winston]], notable enslaved person

==See also==
* ''[[Unita Blackwell#Blackwell v. Issaquena County Board of Education|Blackwell v. Issaquena County Board of Education]]'', an important 1965 civil rights legal case
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi#Issaquena County|National Register of Historic Places listings in Issaquena County, Mississippi]]
* [[Stack Island (Mississippi River)]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

===Further reading===
* {{Cite web |last=Upholt |first=Boyce |date=December 2, 2013 |title=The Hot Tamales of Issaquena County |url=http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2013/the-hot-tamales-of-issaquena-county/ |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Roads & Kingdoms}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Issaquena County, Mississippi}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195633/http://www.mississippicourthouses.com/issaquena/ Mississippi Courthouses – Issaquena County]
* [http://www.sicl.lib.ms.us/ Sharkey-Issaquena County Library]
* [http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/19,811,166.html#Sharkey Sharkey-Issaquena County Health Department]
* [http://www.southdelta.k12.ms.us/ South Delta School District]
* [http://www.westernline.org/ Western Line School District]
* [http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/southern/delta.htm Delta National Forest]
* [http://www.stateparks.com/anderson-tully_state_wildlife_management_area_in_mississippi.html Anderson-Tully State Wildlife Management Area]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140228162638/http://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/wmas/south-delta-region/howard-miller.aspx Howard Miller Wildlife Management Area]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140228161015/http://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/wmas/south-delta-region/shipland.aspx Shipland Wildlife Management Area]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140228160205/http://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/wmas/south-delta-region/mahannah.aspx Mahannah Wildlife Management Area]


{{coord|32.74|-90.99|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-MS_source:UScensus1990}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Issaquena County, Mississippi
|North     = [[Washington County, Mississippi|Washington County]]
|Northeast = [[Sharkey County, Mississippi|Sharkey County]]
|East      = [[Yazoo County, Mississippi|Yazoo County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Warren County, Mississippi|Warren County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[East Carroll Parish, Louisiana]]
|Northwest = [[Chicot County, Arkansas]]
}}

{{Issaquena County, Mississippi}}
{{Mississippi}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Issaquena County, Mississippi| ]]
[[Category:Mississippi counties]]
[[Category:Mississippi counties on the Mississippi River]]
[[Category:Mississippi placenames of Native American origin]]
[[Category:History of slavery in Mississippi]]
[[Category:1844 establishments in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1844]]
[[Category:Black Belt (U.S. region)]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in Mississippi]]