 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2022) |
Panola County | |
|---|---|
![Panola County Courthouse (designed by Pritchard & Nickles)[1]](view_image.php?q=Panola_County,_Mississippi&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Batesville_MS_013.jpg) Panola County Courthouse (designed by Pritchard & Nickles)[1] | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi | |
 Mississippi's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°22′N 89°57′W / 34.36°N 89.95°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Mississippi |
| Founded | February 9, 1836 |
| Named for | name of Cotton in the Choctaw language |
| Seat | Batesville and Sardis |
| Largest city | Batesville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 705 sq mi (1,830 km2) |
| • Land | 685 sq mi (1,770 km2) |
| • Water | 20 sq mi (50 km2) 2.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 33,208 |
| • Density | 47/sq mi (18/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Website | www |
Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,208.[2] Its county seats are Sardis and Batesville.[3] The county is located just east of the Mississippi Delta in the northern part of the state. It is bisected by the Tallahatchie River flowing to the southwest; travel difficulties because of the river resulted in two county seats being established.
Panola is the anglicization of ponolo, a word meaning "thread" in both old Choctaw and Chickasaw and "cotton" in modern Choctaw.[4] This was one of twelve large counties organized from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832.
- ^ Panola County Courthouses
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Panola County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Wright, Muriel (1930). "Organization of Counties in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations". Chronicles of Oklahoma. Vol. 3. pp. 324–325. Retrieved July 19, 2018.