- Source: Winterville, Mississippi
Winterville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, near Mississippi Highway 1. Winterville is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Greenville, the county seat, and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Lamont.
The Winterville site, a National Historic Landmark featuring more than twelve major earthwork mounds from the period of 11th to 15th centuries, is located near Winterville along Mississippi 1. It is the type site of the Plaquemine Mississippian culture, from which the Natchez Indians descended. Preceding cultures also constructed mounds in this area.
It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 96.
Demographics
Education
It is in the Western Line School District.
References
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- Winterville, Mississippi
- Winterville site
- Greenville, Mississippi
- Washington County, Mississippi
- List of census-designated places in Mississippi
- 1931 Tulane Green Wave football team
- Mississippian culture
- List of Mississippi state parks
- Plaquemine culture
- Tornadoes of 2001
