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  1. The county is named in honor of David Holmes, territorial governor and the first governor of the state of Mississippi and later United States Senator for Mississippi. Holmes County native, Edmond Favor Noel , was an attorney and state politician, elected as governor of Mississippi, serving from 1908 to 1912.

  2. 7th, 12th. Website. www .co .holmes .oh .us. Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,223. [2] Its county seat is Millersburg. [3] The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organized the following year. [4]

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  4. Holmes is named for David Holmes, Governor of Mississippi Territory and later Governor of Mississippi. David Holmes (March 10, 1769 - August 20, 1832) was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi. Born in York County, Pennsylvania, Holmes and his family moved to Virginia when he was a child.

  5. Holmes County, created in 1833 from part of Yazoo County and located in central Mississippi, was named for former governor David Holmes. Notable features in Holmes County include Tchula Lake and the Hillside National Wildlife Refuge, Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge, Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge, and Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge. The county is […]

  6. Holmes County is located in the west central part of Mississippi. It was created February 19, 1833 out of the land originally ceded by the Choctaw Indians in the Treaty of Doak’s Stand, October 18, 1820 and known as the “New Purchase.”. Out of the original large county of Hinds was formed Yazoo County, and Holmes was formed from Yazoo in ...

  7. Oct 17, 2016 · On January 20, 1824, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Holmes County. Residents named the county in honor of Major Andrew H. Holmes, who was killed during Major George Croghan's ...

  8. How Holmes County Got Its Name "Holmes County was named for Holmes Creek, the eastern boundary of the county, which, in turn was named for Holmes Valley, which received its name either from an Indian chieftain who had been given the English name of Holmes, or else from Thomas J Holmes, who settled in the vicinity from North Carolina about 1830 ...

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