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Hinds County, Mississippi

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Profiles

  • Medgar Evers (1925 - 1963)
    Medgar Wiley Evers (/ˈmɛdɡər/; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, who was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith. ...
  • Natalee Holloway (1986 - 2005)
    Natalee Holloway was an 18-year-old American who was killed by Joran van der Sloot. Her disappearance made international news after she vanished on May 30, 2005, in Aruba. Holloway lived in Mountain Br...
  • Isaac Franklin Bass (1850 - 1923)
    Pg 365 Bass Family History, by Ivan Ernest Bass Isaac Franklin Bass son of William and Lavica Newman Bass, was born February 15, 1850 in Simpson County, Mississippi. Known as Frank Bass, he was a far...
  • Frank “Bruiser” Kinard (1914 - 1985)
    Manning "Bruiser" Kinard Sr. (October 23, 1914 – September 7, 1985) was an American football tackle and coach and university athletic administrator. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fa...
  • Bonnie Lucille Blount (1909 - 1982)

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hinds County, Mississippi.

Official Website

The county is named for General Thomas Hinds, a hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

Adjacent Counties

Cities, Towns & Communities

  • Bolton
  • Brownsville
  • Byram
  • Clinton
  • Dabney Crossroads
  • Edwards
  • Jackson (part, County Seat)
  • Learned
  • Midway
  • Oakley
  • Pocahontas
  • Raymond (County Seat)
  • Terry
  • Turkey Creek
  • Utica

Links

Wikipedia

MS Gen Web

National Register of Historic Places

Roots Web

RAOGK

Hinds County Digital Archives



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