Attala County, Mississippi
| Attala County, Mississippi | |
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Attala County courthouse in Kosciusko
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 Location in the U.S. state of Mississippi |
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 Mississippi's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1833 |
| Seat | Kosciusko |
| Largest city | Kosciusko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 737 sq mi (1,909 km2) |
| • Land | 735 sq mi (1,904 km2) |
| • Water | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2), 0.2% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 19,564 |
| • Density | 27/sq mi (10/km²) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Attala County /ˈætələ/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,564. Its county seat is Kosciusko. Attala County is named for Atala, a fictional Native American heroine from an early-19th-century novel of the same name by François-René de Chateaubriand.
The historian of the American Civil War, John D. Winters, was born in Attala County in 1917.
Myrtis Methvin, mayor of Castor in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, from 1933 to 1945, and the second woman mayor in Louisiana, was born in Attala County in 1895.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 737 square miles (1,910 km2), of which 735 square miles (1,900 km2) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2) (0.2%) is water.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 19,564 people residing in the county. 56.2% were White, 42.0% Black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% of some other race and 0.6% of two or more races. 1.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
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