Attala County, Mississippi
Attala County, Mississippi | |
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Attala County Courthouse in Kosciusko | |
Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′N 89°35′W / 33.09°N 89.58°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| Founded | 1833 |
| Seat | Kosciusko |
| Largest city | Kosciusko |
| Area | |
• Total | 737 sq mi (1,910 km2) |
| • Land | 735 sq mi (1,900 km2) |
| • Water | 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2) 0.2% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 17,889 |
| • Density | 24.3/sq mi (9.40/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Website | www |
Attala County (/ˈætələ/ AT-əl-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,889. 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.