Bolivar
County Mississippi GenWeb
Bolivar
County Mississippi GenWeb
Bolivar
County was formed in 1836 from the Choctaw Cession. Bolivar was named for
General Simon Bolivar, a South American patriot.
The county was created February 9, 1836.
The current area is 879 square miles. The county is
bounded on the north by Coahoma County, on the south by Washington County,
on
the east by Sunflower County, and on the west by the Mississippi
River.
More detailed information.
Bolivar County is now divided into two judicial
districts, each having its own county seat.
Rosedale is the county seat of the
west district, and Cleveland is the county seat of the east district.
The first settlers of Bolivar County were planters
who found the forty to sixty foot deep Delta soil to be rich and fertile. The
land had to first be laboriously cleared of the
evergreen, cane and bamboo, but once cleared, the
settlers found rivers, bayous, and lakes filled with edible fish, such as
perch, jack, trout, bass,
and big river catfish weighing as much as 200
pounds. Game, such as wild ducks, turkeys, deer, and quail were found in large
numbers.
The levee system was first implemented during the 1850's to the 1860's.
The first settlement in Bolivar County was Georgetown, located in the southern
part of the county.
Georgetown was a river landing, and was located on a
plantation called Timber Lake Place, and belonging to John L. Martin of
Kentucky.
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