Hernando, Mississippi Hernando, Mississippi Location of Hernando, Mississippi Location of Hernando, Mississippi Hernando, Mississippi is positioned in the US Hernando, Mississippi - Hernando, Mississippi Hernando is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of De - Soto County, which is on the northwest border of Mississippi, United States. The populace was 14,090 at the 2010 census, up from 6,812 in 2000.
De - Soto County is the second-most-populous county in the Memphis urbane area. Route 51 and the I-55 freeway traverse the town/city from north to south, and the I-69 freeway crosses the town/city from east to west.
Hernando's historic downtown square, which surrounds the county courthouse, is positioned at the intersection of Commerce Street and what is now U.S.
An 18th-century French colonial log home (see first photo in loggia below) in Hernando is a reminder of their settlements higher along the Mississippi region as well.
Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and under pressure from the United States, the Chickasaw finally signed a treaty to cede most of their lands in this area.
It was retitled as Hernando in 1832, after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.
He was the first European to discover the Mississippi River. Like other floodplain areas along the Mississippi, the region of the county was advanced by European Americans amid the antebellum years for cotton plantations, dependent on the enslaved workforce of African Americans.
During the early 20th century, many blues musicians came from Hernando.
African Americans had advanced a strong musical tradition in areas along the Mississippi River, where many had grown up in families working as sharecroppers on cotton plantations.
During the Great Migration of the first half of the 20th century, many blues musicians migrated north, taking their music to Chicago and helping problematic the culture of that city.
Hernando is in the center of De - Soto County, bordered to the north by the town/city of Southaven.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Hernando has a total region of 25.8 square miles (66.9 km2), of which 25.7 square miles (66.6 km2) is land, and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.39%, is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Hernando has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Hernando is served by the De - Soto County School District.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 76.35% White, 21.48% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.78% from other competitions, and 0.59% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $43,217, and the median income for a family was $51,155.
Tank at Memorial at VFW Post Hernando MS 03.jpg Historical Marker at Court Square Hernando MS 02.jpg De Soto County Museum Hernando MS 01.jpg Jerry Lee Lewis, musician; bought a large home in Hernando as an adult "Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson stepping up to lead Mississippi Municipal Lead".
Position: Mayor of Hernando, propel 2005 as Republican City of Hernando, MS.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hernando city, Mississippi".
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