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Sunflower County Population History
YearPopulationGrowth
1850
1,102
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1860
5,019
355.4%
1870
5,015
-0.1%
1880
4,661
-7.1%
1890
9,384
101.3%
1900
16,084
71/4%
1910
28,787
79.0%
1920
46,374
61.1%
1930
66,364
43.1%
1940
61,007
-8.1%
1950
56,031
-8.2%
1960
45,750
-18.3%
1970
3,047
-19.0%
1980
34,844
-5.9%
1990
32,867
-5.7%
2000
34,369
4.6%
Est. 2008
30,697
-10.7%

Important Addresses:

Sunflower County Circuit Clerk
P. O. Box 576
Indianola, MS 38751
phone: 662-887-4703

Sunflower County Chancery Clerk
P. O. Box 988
Indianola, MS 38751
phone: 662-887-4703

Sunflower County Health Department
227 Martin Luther King S
Indianola, MS 38751
phone: 662-887-4951

Sunflower County Library
Henry M. Seymour Library
Indianola, MS 38751
phone: 662-887-1672

Mississippi Dept of Archives & History
PO Box 571 (200 North Street)
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: 601-576-6876
http://mdah.state.ms.us/




Sunflower County Schools
School Location Latitude Longitude
A W James Elementary School Drew 33.804ºN 90.537ºW
Almeda Gardner Pond School (historical) Unknown Unknown Unknown
Baird School (historical) Moorhead 33.410ºN 90.571ºW
Bay Lake School (historical) Indianola 33.417ºN 90.712ºW
Bethlehem School (historical) Indianola 33.388ºN 90.707ºW
Black Bayou School (historical) Baltzer 33.965ºN 90.607ºW
Blackhaw School (historical) Drew 33.767ºN 90.565ºW
Blaine School Sunflower 33.607ºN 90.522ºW
Boisy School (historical) Baltzer 33.980ºN 90.577ºW
Brooks School (historical) Brooks 33.798ºN 90.464ºW
Caile School (historical) Inverness 33.300ºN 90.581ºW
Carl Pittman School (historical) Bear Gut Bayou 33.542ºN 90.473ºW
Carver Elementary School Indianola 33.442ºN 90.650ºW
Carver Middle School Indianola 33.442ºN 90.650ºW
Carver School Indianola 33.442ºN 90.650ºW
Central Delta Academy Inverness 33.352ºN 90.589ºW
Central High School Ruleville 33.729ºN 90.543ºW
Delta State Junior College Colony Town 33.442ºN 90.500ºW
Dockery School (historical) Ruleville 33.725ºN 90.614ºW
Doddsville Industrial Institute (historical) Ruleville 33.681ºN 90.515ºW
Drew High School Drew 33.809ºN 90.536ºW
East Moorhead Elementary School Moorhead 33.445ºN 90.504ºW
East Sunflower School Sunflower 33.546ºN 90.535ºW
Fairview School (historical) Boyer 33.518ºN 90.745ºW
Garvins Ferry School (historical) Unknown Unknown Unknown
Gentry High School Indianola 33.443ºN 90.642ºW
Grayford School (historical) Bear Gut Bayou 33.601ºN 90.469ºW
Greenwood School (historical) Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hale School (historical) Boyer 33.569ºN 90.733ºW
Halstead School (historical) Cleveland 33.703ºN 90.644ºW
Heathman School (historical) Indianola 33.441ºN 90.710ºW
Holmes School (historical) Holly Ridge 33.413ºN 90.751ºW
Hunter High School Drew 33.807ºN 90.523ºW
Indianola Academy Indianola 33.459ºN 90.635ºW
Indianola High School (historical) Indianola 33.455ºN 90.654ºW
Indianola Junior High School Indianola 33.455ºN 90.640ºW
Inverness Elementary School Inverness 33.349ºN 90.595ºW
Inverness High School (historical) Inverness 33.352ºN 90.589ºW
Johnsonville School (historical) Unknown Unknown Unknown
Kates School (historical) Sunflower 33.571ºN 90.563ºW
Keller School (historical) Boyer 33.545ºN 90.712ºW
Kenloch School (historical) Unknown Unknown Unknown
King Solomon School (historical) Sunflower 33.564ºN 90.597ºW
Kinlock School (historical) Kinlock 33.315ºN 90.710ºW
Leighs Landing School (historical) Unknown Unknown Unknown
Linn High School (historical) Ruleville 33.661ºN 90.615ºW
Lockard Elementary School Indianola 33.455ºN 90.654ºW
Lombardy School (historical) Baltzer 33.919ºN 90.606ºW
Long Lake School (historical) Drew 33.874ºN 90.576ºW
Macedonia School (historical) Boyer 33.605ºN 90.703ºW
Marie School (historical) Boyer 33.518ºN 90.715ºW
Marlow School (historical) Ruleville 33.713ºN 90.571ºW
Marshall School (historical) Drew 33.765ºN 90.595ºW
Moorhead Elementary School Moorhead 33.452ºN 90.513ºW
Mount Galilee School (historical) Ruleville 33.718ºN 90.541ºW
Mount Moriah School (historical) Indianola 33.412ºN 90.749ºW
Mount Olive School (historical) Boyer 33.564ºN 90.658ºW
Mount Pleasant School (historical) Swiftown 33.356ºN 90.465ºW
New Hope School (historical) Drew 33.796ºN 90.568ºW
New Salem School (historical) Cleveland 33.672ºN 90.633ºW
Oak Grove School (historical) Boyer 33.518ºN 90.694ºW
Paxton School (historical) Inverness 33.365ºN 90.518ºW
Prewitt School (historical) Drew 33.790ºN 90.589ºW
Price School (historical) Kinlock 33.330ºN 90.660ºW
Ricoe School (historical) Ruleville 33.685ºN 90.509ºW


Sunflower County Lakes & Streams
Name Location Latitude Longitude
Bay Lake Indianola 33.395ºN 90.717ºW
Bay Lake Run Kinlock 33.347ºN 90.720ºW
Bear Bayou Rome 33.912ºN 90.474ºW
Bear Bayou Sunflower 33.509ºN 90.616ºW
Beasley Lake Indianola 33.398ºN 90.677ºW
Beaver Dam Bayou Moorhead 33.485ºN 90.611ºW
Beaver Pond Inverness 33.342ºN 90.517ºW
Binson Lake Sunflower 33.551ºN 90.598ºW
Black Bayou Baltzer 33.958ºN 90.619ºW
Blackhaw Bayou Ruleville 33.732ºN 90.591ºW
Blue Lake Drew 33.800ºN 90.539ºW
Browns Bayou Inverness 33.273ºN 90.593ºW
Burrell Bayou Ruleville 33.737ºN 90.596ºW
Cat Lake Colony Town 33.392ºN 90.456ºW
Darr Bayou Cleveland 33.691ºN 90.645ºW
Darr Lake Ruleville 33.646ºN 90.562ºW
Dawson Bayou Kinlock 33.307ºN 90.705ºW
Dougherty Bayou Ruleville 33.721ºN 90.590ºW
Douglas Bayou Bear Gut Bayou 33.568ºN 90.484ºW
Dutch Bayou Kinlock 33.297ºN 90.705ºW
East Prong Indian Bayou Indianola 33.453ºN 90.652ºW
Fox Bayou Boyer 33.619ºN 90.713ºW
Goose Lake (historical) Mound Bayou 33.924ºN 90.652ºW
Gorman Lake Sunflower 33.566ºN 90.553ºW
Gravel Bayou Kinlock 33.347ºN 90.715ºW
Hoard Lake Brooks 33.829ºN 90.486ºW
Homecypress Bayou Rome 33.960ºN 90.456ºW
Horseshoe Bayou Ruleville 33.716ºN 90.593ºW
Howling Wolf Bayou Bear Gut Bayou 33.553ºN 90.454ºW
Hyde Bayou Merigold 33.856ºN 90.641ºW
Indian Bayou Indianola 33.408ºN 90.668ºW
Jenkins Lake Moorhead 33.431ºN 90.611ºW
Jones Bayou Sunflower 33.572ºN 90.554ºW
Jug Lake Colony Town 33.395ºN 90.455ºW
Lake Dawson Kinlock 33.294ºN 90.630ºW
Lead Bayou Ruleville 33.719ºN 90.609ºW
Lindsey Lake Ruleville 33.704ºN 90.596ºW
Locust Bayou Kinlock 33.302ºN 90.720ºW
Long Lake Drew 33.872ºN 90.563ºW
Long Lake Moorhead 33.419ºN 90.508ºW
Lusinger Lake Drew 33.832ºN 90.605ºW
Lutken Bayou Drew 33.806ºN 90.543ºW
Macon Lake Swiftown 33.353ºN 90.488ºW
McCoy Lake Colony Town 33.409ºN 90.453ºW
McGregory Creek Bear Gut Bayou 33.590ºN 90.433ºW
Moorhead Bayou Boyer 33.557ºN 90.673ºW
Moorhead Bayou Colony Town 33.479ºN 90.540ºW
Mossy Run Lake Swiftown 33.368ºN 90.461ºW
Mound Bayou Inverness 33.299ºN 90.620ºW
Onemile Bayou Ruleville 33.694ºN 90.573ºW
Onemile Lake Colony Town 33.379ºN 90.459ºW
Pecan Bayou Rattlesnake Bayou 33.627ºN 90.415ºW
Petes Lake Ruleville 33.697ºN 90.591ºW
Porter Bayou Moorhead 33.486ºN 90.621ºW
Powell Bayou Brooks 33.773ºN 90.471ºW
Quiver River Moorhead 33.468ºN 90.565ºW
Rattlesnake Bayou Rattlesnake Bayou 33.697ºN 90.445ºW
Round Lake Indianola 33.495ºN 90.629ºW
Roundaway Bayou Bear Gut Bayou 33.500ºN 90.498ºW
Shackelford Lake Boyer 33.531ºN 90.629ºW
Shepherds Bayou Holly Ridge 33.415ºN 90.672ºW
Short Bayou Inverness 33.350ºN 90.565ºW
Short Bayou Indianola 33.452ºN 90.637ºW
Standing Stump Bayou Ruleville 33.658ºN 90.551ºW
Thighman Lake Inverness 33.347ºN 90.504ºW
Thigpen Lake (historical) Indianola 33.386ºN 90.695ºW
Threemile Lake Swiftown 33.351ºN 90.495ºW
Turkeyfoot Brake Moorhead 33.494ºN 90.572ºW
West Prong Indian Bayou Indianola 33.453ºN 90.653ºW
Wild Bill Bayou Brooks 33.789ºN 90.476ºW
Wildcat Bayou Kinlock 33.360ºN 90.704ºW
Wixon Slough Moorhead 33.447ºN 90.511ºW