Coahoma County Facts & Information

 

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Coahoma County Population History
YearPopulationGrowth
1840
1,290
1850
2,780
115.5%
1860
6,606
137.6%
1870
7,144
8.1%
1880
13,568
89.9%
1890
18,342
35.2%
1900
26,293
43.3%
1910
34,217
30.1%
1920
41,511
21.3%
1930
46,327
11.6%
1940
48,333
4.3%
1950
49,361
2.1%
1960
46,212
-6.4%
1970
40,447
-12.5%
1980
36,918
-8.7%
1990
31,665
-14.2%
2000
30,622
-3.3%
Est. 2008
27,272
-10.9%

Important Addresses:

Coahoma County Circuit Clerk
P. O. Box 849
Clarksdale, MS 38614
phone: 662-624-3014

Coahoma County Chancery Clerk
P. O. Box 98
Clarksdale, MS 38614
phone: 662-624-3000

Coahoma County Health Department
1805 cheryl Street
Clarksdale, MS 38614
phone: 662-624-8318

Carnegie Public Library
114 Delta Avenue
Clarksdale, MS 38614
phone: 662-624-4461

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




Coahoma County Schools
Name Location Latitude Longitude
Baugh School (historical) Sherard 34.196ºN 90.728ºW
Black Hill School (historical) Mattson 34.030ºN 90.504ºW
Booker T Washington School (historical) Clarksdale 34.195ºN 90.572ºW
Bough School (historical) Rena Lara 34.136ºN 90.803ºW
Cammack School (historical) Lula 34.403ºN 90.485ºW
Clark School Clarksdale 34.200ºN 90.565ºW
Clarksdale High School Clarksdale 34.200ºN 90.579ºW
Clarksdale Junior High School Clarksdale 34.201ºN 90.579ºW
Coahoma County Clarksdale 34.208ºN 90.608ºW
Coahoma County Agricultural High School Coahoma 34.256ºN 90.570ºW
Coahoma High School Clarksdale 34.208ºN 90.608ºW
Coahoma Junior College Coahoma 34.256ºN 90.570ºW
Delta School (historical) Moon Lake 34.394ºN 90.591ºW
Dublin School Tutwiler 34.067ºN 90.483ºW
East Stover School (historical) Sherard 34.132ºN 90.642ºW
Fant School (historical) Coahoma 34.306ºN 90.547ºW
Friars Point Elementary School Friars Point 34.366ºN 90.637ºW
Graham School (historical) Sabino 34.228ºN 90.479ºW
Hall Elementary School Clarksdale 34.197ºN 90.561ºW
Heidelberg Elementary School Clarksdale 34.206ºN 90.594ºW
Higgins High School Clarksdale 34.194ºN 90.555ºW
Hilliard School (historical) Mattson 34.043ºN 90.503ºW
Immaculate Conception School Clarksdale 34.201ºN 90.553ºW
Jonestown Middle School Jonestown 34.329ºN 90.458ºW
Kings School (historical) Coahoma 34.312ºN 90.588ºW
Kirkpatrick Elementary School Clarksdale 34.199ºN 90.599ºW
Lula -Rich Academy Lula 34.437ºN 90.462ºW
Lula School Lula 34.450ºN 90.490ºW
Lyon School Clarksdale 34.216ºN 90.504ºW
McCloud School (historical) Friars Point 34.266ºN 90.710ºW
McLemore School (historical) Friars Point 34.264ºN 90.672ºW
Mount Aaron School (historical) Friars Point 34.321ºN 90.627ºW
Mount Olive School (historical) Lula 34.415ºN 90.403ºW
New Cassidy School (historical) Sabino 34.218ºN 90.478ºW
Oak Ridge School (historical) Friars Point 34.273ºN 90.636ºW
Oakhurst Elementary School Clarksdale 34.201ºN 90.578ºW
Olive Branch School (historical) Mattson 34.088ºN 90.570ºW
Oliver Elementary School Clarksdale 34.194ºN 90.554ºW
Philadelphia School (historical) Tutwiler 34.086ºN 90.452ºW
Renalara School (historical) Rena Lara 34.140ºN 90.764ºW
Riverton Elementary School Clarksdale 34.195ºN 90.580ºW
Riverton Junior High School Clarksdale 34.192ºN 90.581ºW
Rosenwald School (historical) Mattson 34.031ºN 90.547ºW
Rosenwald School (historical) Sherard 34.213ºN 90.675ºW
Roundaway Elementary School Mattson 34.072ºN 90.584ºW
Saint Elizabeth School Clarksdale 34.207ºN 90.575ºW
Saint Georges School Clarksdale 34.200ºN 90.601ºW
Saint Johns School (historical) Coahoma 34.251ºN 90.571ºW
Sherard Elementary School Sherard 34.177ºN 90.695ºW
Sheriff Ridge School (historical) Coahoma 34.290ºN 90.597ºW
Stringer College (historical) Unknown 0.000ºN 0.000ºW
Sunflower School (historical) Mattson 34.043ºN 90.624ºW
Sunshine School (historical) Mattson 34.117ºN 90.585ºW
Swan Lake College (historical) Jonestown 34.280ºN 90.417ºW
Swan Lake School (historical) Coahoma 34.305ºN 90.506ºW
Sycamore Grove School (historical) Sherard 34.188ºN 90.737ºW
Washington Elementary School Clarksdale 34.186ºN 90.568ºW
West End School (historical) Friars Point 34.295ºN 90.672ºW





Coahoma County Lakes & Streams
Name Water Location latitude Longitude
Alcorn Bayou Stream Sabino 34.245ºN 90.466ºW
Barkley Bayou Stream Coahoma 34.355ºN 90.613ºW
Beasley Lake Lake Clarksdale 34.238ºN 90.561ºW
Big Creek Deadwater Stream Sabino 34.197ºN 90.425ºW
Big Eddy Lake Lake Rena Lara 34.156ºN 90.798ºW
Black Bayou Stream Sherard 34.190ºN 90.700ºW
Black Lake Bayou Stream Coahoma 34.272ºN 90.518ºW
Blands Bayou Stream Rena Lara 34.220ºN 90.781ºW
Bobo Lake Lake Mattson 34.111ºN 90.607ºW
Bobo Outlet Stream Duncan 34.080ºN 90.633ºW
Brady Bayou Stream Lula 34.441ºN 90.434ºW
Carter Bayou Stream Lula 34.417ºN 90.448ºW
Chute Lake Lake Moon Lake 34.439ºN 90.526ºW
Clark Bayou Stream Mattson 34.087ºN 90.588ºW
Clear Lake Lake Sherard 34.150ºN 90.750ºW
Cub Lake Slough Stream Duncan 34.058ºN 90.630ºW
Cutoff Bayou Stream Jonestown 34.332ºN 90.381ºW
Cypress Lake Lake Tutwiler 34.102ºN 90.459ºW
Cypress Lake (historical) Lake Clarksdale 34.183ºN 90.588ºW
Cypress Pond (historical) Lake Tutwiler 34.054ºN 90.456ºW
Dogwood Bayou Stream Sherard 34.173ºN 90.686ºW
Dry Bayou Stream Duncan 34.051ºN 90.628ºW
Dry Bayou Stream Coahoma 34.288ºN 90.574ºW
Dulaney-Ross Lake Lake Mattson 34.066ºN 90.578ºW
Fishing Bayou Stream Mattson 34.075ºN 90.567ºW
Fish Lake Lake Laconia 34.121ºN 90.919ºW
Grass Lake Lake Lula 34.444ºN 90.488ºW
Grassy Lake Lake Coahoma 34.325ºN 90.511ºW
Harris Bayou Stream Mattson 34.085ºN 90.581ºW
Haynes Lake Lake Lula 34.405ºN 90.466ºW
Hopson Bayou Stream Clarksdale 34.141ºN 90.545ºW
Horseshoe Lake Lake Friars Point 34.315ºN 90.683ºW
Hushpuckena Creek Stream Rena Lara 34.173ºN 90.803ºW
Jim Samples Lake Lake Rena Lara 34.241ºN 90.813ºW
Lake Bayou Stream Clarksdale 34.248ºN 90.548ºW
Little Eddy Lake Lake Rena Lara 34.163ºN 90.795ºW
Long Lake Lake Rena Lara 34.147ºN 90.755ºW
Little Sunflower River Stream Clarksdale 34.211ºN 90.590ºW
Lyons Bayou Stream Coahoma 34.372ºN 90.589ºW
Mackie Lake Lake Coahoma 34.256ºN 90.567ºW
McWilliams Lake Lake Rena Lara 34.249ºN 90.804ºW
Melancholy Bayou Stream Sabino 34.129ºN 90.465ºW
Mill Creek Stream Coahoma 34.286ºN 90.577ºW
Mill Creek Stream Clarksdale 34.208ºN 90.578ºW
Mill Creek Stream Lula 34.389ºN 90.481ºW
Moon Lake Lake Moon Lake 34.426ºN 90.503ºW
Muddy Bayou Stream Lula 34.417ºN 90.387ºW
Mud Lake (historical) Lake Friars Point 34.330ºN 90.643ºW
Overcup Slough Stream Sherard 34.213ºN 90.693ºW
Oxbow Bayou Stream Clarksdale 34.239ºN 90.455ºW
Plummer Lake Lake Mattson 34.035ºN 90.605ºW
Richies Bayou Stream Sherard 34.213ºN 90.693ºW
Roundaway Lake Lake Mattson 34.023ºN 90.595ºW
Sevier Lake Stream Clarksdale 34.128ºN 90.573ºW
Skiff Lake Lake Baltzer 33.992ºN 90.586ºW
Swan Lake Lake Mellwood 34.135ºN 90.905ºW
Swan Lake Lake Jonestown 34.294ºN 90.482ºW
Swan Lake (historical) Lake Rena Lara 34.223ºN 90.824ºW
Tula Lake Lake Jonestown 34.320ºN 90.479ºW
Turkey Bayou Stream Duncan 34.111ºN 90.663ºW
Ward Lake Lake Rena Lara 34.241ºN 90.755ºW
Whittaker Bayou Stream Coahoma 34.339ºN 90.624ºW
Yazoo Pass Stream Lula 34.408ºN 90.388ºW