Coahoma

Coahoma County is a county located in the Mississippi Delta region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2010, the population was 26,151. Its county seat is Clarksdale.

The Clarksdale Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Coahoma County.

Coahoma County was established February 9, 1836, and is located in the northwestern part of the state in the fertile Yazoo Delta region. The name "Coahoma" is a Choctaw word meaning "red panther." The act creating the county defined its limits as follows:

Beginning at the point where the line between townships 24 and 25 of the surveys of the late Choctaw cession intersects the Mississippi River, and running thence up the said river to the point where the dividing line between the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians intersects the same; thence with the dividing line to the point where the line between ranges two and three of the survey of the said Choctaw cession intersects the same; thence with said range line, to the line between townships 24 and 25 aforesaid, and thence with the said township line to the beginning.

Port Royal was once the county seat of Coahoma County.

Communities

• Cities
     o Clarksdale

• Towns
     o Coahoma
     o Friars Point
     o Jonestown
     o Lula
     o Lyon
     o Bobo
     o Dublin
     o Hillhouse
     o Mattison
     o Rena Lara
     o Rich
     o Rudyard
     o Sherard
     o Stovall

Coahoma County

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
City Halls in Coahoma County
Coahoma County Schools
Coahoma County Tourism Commission
Other Local Government Contact Information

City of Clarksdale

City of Clarksdale
Clarksdale Chamber of Commerce
Coahoma Community College

Other Links of Interest

Delta Duck Hunter.com 

The Delta Blues Museum
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board