Kemper (MS)

Welcome to Kemper County ...

Time Zone: Kemper County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of De Kalb is the Seat for Kemper County.

Kemper County was founded in 1833. Kemper was created by taking area from Lowndes, Rankin and Wayne Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Kemper had a population of 9,742 people. This is a decrease of 6.77% since the last Census (which gave a population of 10,449 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Kemper represented 0.35% of the total population of Mississippi.

Websites of Interest ...

Websites specific to Mississippi
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- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History

Websites specific to Kemper County
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Websites for nearby counties
- Noxubee County
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- Sumter County
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- Lauderdale County
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- Neshoba County
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- Winston County
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Cemetery Information and Directories
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- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Kemper County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi

Footnotes ...

<1>	On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.