Holly Springs, Mississippi | |
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 Business district of Holly Springs | |
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 Location in Marshall County and the state of Mississippi | |
  Holly Springs, Mississippi Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 34°46′24″N 89°26′47″W / 34.77333°N 89.44639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Marshall |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sharon D. Gipson |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.80 sq mi (33.14 km2) |
| • Land | 12.78 sq mi (33.09 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 600 ft (183 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,968 |
| • Density | 545.35/sq mi (210.56/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 38634, 38635, 38649 |
| Area code | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-33100 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0693510 |
| Website | hollyspringsms |
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Holly Springs is a city in, and the county seat of, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,968,[2] down from 7,699 in 2010.[3] Along with the Mississippi Delta, in the 19th century, the area was developed for cotton plantations. After the Civil War, many freedmen continued to work in agriculture as sharecroppers and tenant farmers.
As the county seat, Holly Springs is a center of trade and court sessions. The city has several National Register of Historic Places-listed properties and historic districts, including the Southwest Holly Springs Historic District, Holly Springs Courthouse Square Historic District, Depot-Compress Historic District, and East Holly Springs Historic District.[4] Hillcrest Cemetery contains the graves of five Confederate generals and has been called "Little Arlington of the South".[5]
- ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "P1. Race – Holly Springs city, Mississippi: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Nancy Capace (January 1, 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 511–. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.
- ^ Kempe, Helen Kerr (1977). The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Columbus and the North. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. pp. 87–88.