Rolling Fork is a city in and the county seat of Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. Rolling Fork is the birthplace of Muddy Waters, blues musician.
- CountySharkey County
- Population1,883 (2020 U.S. Census)
Rolling Fork is a city in and the county seat of Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. Rolling Fork is the birthplace of Muddy Waters, blues musician.
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Ceramic keepsake, gold ribbon, in 3 styles
The town's story in dates, from its own records, for home or classroom
Map of local landmarks, washable fabric
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Red heavy-blend crewneck, knit-stitch town print
Soft Bella+Canvas jersey
Kids' Bella+Canvas jersey, youth sizes
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12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
Soft-touch, zip cover
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Soft fleece, 50″×60″
20 oz, double-wall stainless
The town's earliest Sanborn fire-insurance map, drawn building by building and hand-coloured, from the Library of Congress
Population 2010: 2,143 → 2020: 1,883
From Wikidata (CC0).
Thomas Y. Chaney settled here in 1828, and was the first European-American settler in the area. The Choctaw, longtime indigenous occupants, had been forced out by new settler pressure and government treaties to gain their land.
Deer Creek flows through the settlement. Chaney called the place "Rolling Fork" because of the swiftness of the water at a fork in the creek there. A post office was established in 1848.
When Sharkey County was established in 1876, during the Reconstruction era, Rolling Fork was made the county seat. A newspaper, The Deer Creek Pilot, was established in 1884.
The Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was built through Rolling Fork in 1883. It was later acquired by the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1908, the Bank of Rolling Fork was established.
Since 2002, the town has hosted an annual October festival called the Great Delta Bear Affair, originally commemorating President Theodore Roosevelt’s bear hunt in 1902 in Sharkey County. During each festival, an artist carves a new wooden statue of a bear which is then added to the town's streets.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Rolling Fork, Mississippi, revision 1378586182 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Rolling Fork's population was 1,883 in the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 2,143 in 2010.