National protected areas

• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
  Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
  Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemorates the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, in which the Confederate army, under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, defeated a much larger Union force on June 10, 1864, to ultimately secure supply lines between Nashville and Chattanooga,...
  
  
• Natchez Trace Parkway
  Natchez Trace Parkway
  The Natchez Trace Parkway is a National Park Service unit in the southeastern United States that commemorates the historic Old Natchez Trace and preserves sections of the original trail....
  
   (part)
• Tupelo National Battlefield
  Tupelo National Battlefield
  Tupelo National Battlefield, in Tupelo, Mississippi, commemorates the July 14–15, 1864, Battle of Tupelo in which Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest tried to cut the railroad supplying the Union's march on Atlanta.-Administrative history:...
  
  

History

On September 20, 1816, General Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

, David Meriwether, and the Chickasaw Nation

Chickasaw Nation

The Chickasaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American nation, located in Oklahoma. They are one of the members of the Five Civilized Tribes. The Five Civilized Tribes were differentiated from other Indian reservations in that they had semi-autonomous constitutional governments and...

 signed the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House in Lee County.

Lee County was formed on October 26, 1866 from parts of Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties. It was named for General

General

A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

 Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....

, General-in-Chief

General-in-Chief

General-in-Chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.- France :In France, General-in-Chief was first an informal title for the lieutenant-general commanding over others lieutenant-generals, or even for some marshals in charge of an army...

 of the Armies of the Confederate States.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 75,755 people, 29,200 households, and 20,819 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 168 people per square mile (65/km²). There were 31,887 housing units at an average density of 71 per square mile (27/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 73.66% White

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 24.51% Black

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

 or African American

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 0.13% Native American

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 0.52% Asian

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 0.01% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 0.43% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.74% from two or more races. 1.16% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

 or Latino

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

 of any race.

There were 29,200 households out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.60% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.70% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 30.50% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 11.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,165, and the median income for a family was $43,149. Males had a median income of $31,039 versus $22,235 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the county was $18,956. About 10.50% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.90% of those under age 18 and 15.50% of those age 65 or over.

Lee County has the fourth highest

Mississippi locations by per capita income

Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $15,853 .- Mississippi Counties Ranked by Per Capita Income :1. Madison County - $32,469 2. DeSoto County - $20,468 3. Rankin County - $20,412...

 per capita income in the State of Mississippi.

Communities

• Cities
  • Baldwyn
    Baldwyn, Mississippi
    Baldwyn is a city in Lee and Prentiss Counties, Mississippi, United States. Baldwyn is located on Highway 370, due north of Tupelo, Mississippi. It was incorporated by Act of the Legislature in Tishomingo and Itawamba Counties on April 1, 1861...
    
     (partly in Prentiss County)
  • Tupelo
    Tupelo, Mississippi
    Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211...
    
    
  • Verona
    Verona, Mississippi
    Verona is a city in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,334 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Verona is located at ....
    
    

• Towns
  • Guntown
    Guntown, Mississippi
    Guntown is a town in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,183 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Guntown is located at ....
    
    
  • Nettleton
    Nettleton, Mississippi
    Nettleton is a town in Lee and Monroe Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The population was 1,932 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nettleton is located at . The town sits on the boundary line between Lee County on the north and Monroe County on the south, with approximately equal portions of...
    
     (partly in Monroe County)
  • Plantersville
    Plantersville, Mississippi
    Plantersville is a town in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,144 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Plantersville is located at ....
    
    
  • Saltillo
    Saltillo, Mississippi
    Saltillo is a town in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,393 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Saltillo is located at ....
    
    
  • Shannon
    Shannon, Mississippi
    Shannon is a town in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,657 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shannon is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
    
    
  • Sherman
    Sherman, Mississippi
    Sherman is a town which straddles Lee, Pontotoc, and Union counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The population was 548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
    
     (mostly in Pontotoc County, small portion in Union County)

• Unincorporated places
  • Mooreville