It was originally carved from territory belonging to the counties of Warren, Washington and Issaquuena.
SharkeyCounty is bordered by Washington County (north), Humphreys County (northeast), Yazoo County (east) and Issaquuena County (south and west).
It embraces a land area of 422 square miles, and is bounded on the north by Washington County, on the east by Humphreys and Yazoo counties, on the south by Issaquena County and on the west by Issaquena and Washington.
SharkeyCounty was named for William L. Sharkey, one of the ablest and most respected judges in the history of the State.
William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) was born in Tennessee and moved with his family to the Natchez District in 1803.
SharkeyCounty was established by an act of March 29, 1876, from the northeastern part of Issaquena County and from a small tract in southeastern Washington County.
The Crossett Experimental Forest is a 1780-acre experimental forest in the upper West Gulf Coastal Plain that has been managed for research purposes since 1940, making it one of the oldest active experimental forests in the U.S. Three of the unit’s technical staff members are located on this forest.
Located in StoneCounty, Arkansas near the community of Mountain View, Sylamore Experimental Forest was the site of many early research projects pertaining to the management of upland hardwood forests.
Consisting of approximately 3000 acres, this experimental forest is dominated by oak-hickory stands interspersed with pine.
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Twenty-six states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.
Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Kentucky, 29; Mississippi, 13; Texas, 10; Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 7; South Dakota, 6; West Virginia, 6; Louisiana, 5; Georgia, 3; Missouri, 3; Oklahoma, 3; Tennessee, 2; Colorado, 1; Hawai'i, 1; North Dakota, 1; New Mexico, 1; South Carolina, 1; Virginia, 1.
Thirty-two states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.
T1, also known as DS1, uses repeaters to boost up the signal strength of the transmission - allowing it to travel up to 50 miles away from the nearest Central Office location.
We have DS1 in the following MississippiCounties :
