Panola County, Mississippi
Panola County | |
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Panola County Courthouse (designed by Pritchard & Nickles) | |
Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi | |
Mississippi's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°22′N 89°57′W / 34.36°N 89.95°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| Founded | February 9, 1836 |
| Named after | name of Cotton in the Choctaw language |
| Seat | Batesville and Sardis |
| Largest city | Batesville |
| Area | |
• Total | 705 sq mi (1,830 km2) |
| • Land | 685 sq mi (1,770 km2) |
| • Water | 20 sq mi (50 km2) 2.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 33,208 |
| • Density | 47/sq mi (18/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Website | www |
Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,208. Its county seats are Sardis and Batesville. The county is located just east of the Mississippi Delta in the northern part of the state. It is bisected by the Tallahatchie River flowing to the southwest; travel difficulties because of the river resulted in two county seats being established.
Panola is the anglicization of ponolo, a word meaning "thread" in both old Choctaw and Chickasaw and "cotton" in modern Choctaw. This was one of twelve large counties organized from the Chickasaw Cession of 1832.