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Holmes County

Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,000. Its county seat is Lexington. The county is named in honor of David Holmes, territorial governor and the first governor of the state of Mississippi and later United States Senator for Mississippi. Holmes County native, Edmond Favor Noel, was an attorney and state politician, elected as governor of Mississippi, serving from 1908 to 1912.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 225524
FIPS state: 28
FIPS county: 051
FIPS place: 99051
Census record name: COUNTY OF HOLMES
Mailing address: PO BOX 239, LEXINGTON 39095