{"id":5228,"date":"2023-07-06T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:34","slug":"issaquena-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/issaquena-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Issaquena County, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issaquena County is a county in Mississippi, United States, bordered by the Mississippi River along its entire western edge in the Delta region. It had a population of 1,338 people at the 2020 census and covers 441 square miles (1,140 km2), of which 413 square miles is land and 28 square miles is water, centred near 32\u00b044\u2032N 90\u00b059\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Mayersville is the county seat, and its postal code is 39113. The county has one incorporated town, two census-designated places, and a handful of small unincorporated and historic river-landing communities. Issaquena County lies in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Issaquena County<\/h2>\n<p>Issaquena County has one incorporated town \u2014 Mayersville, the seat \u2014 plus two census-designated places (Grace, Valley Park) and a set of unincorporated and largely historic Mississippi River landing communities. Many of the smaller names below were once cotton-shipping landings on the river and today have little or no remaining population; census-tracked figures are marked with a dash where no current count is published.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Mayersville<\/td>\n<td>Town &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>39113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grace<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>38745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Valley Park<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>39177<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chotard<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fitler<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tallula<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adams Landing<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Addie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ashland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Booth<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elleslie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hardee<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hopedale<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Magna Vista<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Millers Landing<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Fitler<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Valewood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. &middot; historic<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Magna Vista is also recorded as one of the county&#8217;s several vanished river-port settlements, alongside Arcadia, Baleshed, Ben Lomond, Duncansby, Shiloh, and Skipwith&#8217;s Landing \u2014 names that survive on maps and in county histories but carry no population today.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>39113 &mdash; Mayersville<\/li>\n<li>39177 &mdash; Valley Park<\/li>\n<li>38745 &mdash; Grace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remaining unincorporated communities use one of these three post office ZIP codes rather than having their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Issaquena County sits entirely within the Mississippi Delta, a flat alluvial floodplain built up by centuries of river flooding. Its western boundary runs the full length of the Mississippi River, and the county&#8217;s low, fertile ground has historically flooded often enough that several of its old river-landing communities were abandoned or relocated. The interior is a mix of farmland, bottomland hardwood forest, and protected wetland, including parts of the Delta National Forest, which lies partly within the county.<\/p>\n<p>Issaquena County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/washington-county-mississippi\/\">Washington County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sharkey-county\/\">Sharkey County<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/yazoo-county\/\">Yazoo County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/warren-county-mississippi\/\">Warren County<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/east-carroll-parish\/\">East Carroll Parish, Louisiana<\/a> to the west across the Mississippi River, and Chicot County, Arkansas to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Issaquena County had 1,338 residents at the 2020 census, making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Mayersville and Valley Park are the county&#8217;s two largest communities. Household income in the county trails the Mississippi median of $54,203 by a wide margin, a long-standing pattern tied to the county&#8217;s small population base and its dependence on large-scale row-crop agriculture. With about 413 square miles of land, the county&#8217;s overall population density is roughly 3 people per square mile, among the lowest of any county in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Issaquena County&#8217;s economy is built on Delta row-crop agriculture \u2014 cotton, soybeans, corn, and rice \u2014 along with catfish farming and county government, which is among the county&#8217;s largest employers given its small population. The Mississippi River corridor and the Delta National Forest support hunting, fishing, and timber activity that supplement farm income. With no incorporated city larger than Mayersville, residents commonly travel to Greenville or Vicksburg for retail, medical care, and other services not available locally.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Issaquena County was created on January 23, 1844, from part of Washington County. Its name comes from the Choctaw phrase &#8220;isi okhina,&#8221; meaning &#8220;Deer River,&#8221; a reference to a Mississippi River tributary. The county&#8217;s river-landing towns thrived during the antebellum cotton-shipping era, when steamboats loaded bales directly from Delta plantations; many of those landings were later abandoned as river channels shifted and as mechanized farming reduced the local population through the 20th century. Mayersville, sited on the riverbank, became and remains the county seat.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Mississippi Highways 1, 14, and 16 are the principal routes through the county, connecting Mayersville to U.S. Route 61 outside the county to the east.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greenville, Mississippi &mdash; about 30 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Vicksburg, Mississippi &mdash; about 40 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Yazoo City, Mississippi &mdash; about 45 miles east<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Greenville Mid-Delta Airport, north of the county in Washington County.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Issaquena County, Mississippi?<\/strong><br \/>It is in the Mississippi Delta in the west-central part of the state, along the Mississippi River between Greenville and Vicksburg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Issaquena County?<\/strong><br \/>1,338 people at the 2020 census, the smallest population of any U.S. county east of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Issaquena County?<\/strong><br \/>441 square miles (1,140 km2), including 28 square miles of water along the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Issaquena County?<\/strong><br \/>Mayersville is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Issaquena County?<\/strong><br \/>One incorporated town (Mayersville), two census-designated places (Grace and Valley Park), and several unincorporated and historic river communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Issaquena County?<\/strong><br \/>39113 (Mayersville), 39177 (Valley Park), and 38745 (Grace).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Issaquena County so sparsely populated?<\/strong><br \/>Its economy has always depended on large-scale plantation and row-crop agriculture rather than manufacturing or trade centers, and repeated river flooding pushed residents out of several early landing towns over the past two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/mississippi\/\">Towns and villages in Mississippi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issaquena County is a county in Mississippi, United States, bordered by the Mississippi River along its entire western edge in the Delta region. 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