About Greenwood

Greenwood, which is nicknamed the “Cotton Capital of the World”, is a medium sized community found in the northwestern portion of the state of Mississippi. Greenwood has a population of approximately eighteen thousand four hundred residents, and is considered a part of Leflore County, Mississippi. Greenwood is the central portion of the Greenwood, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area, and serves as the county seat of Leflore County. Residents of a Greenwood apartment for rent or house for rent can enjoy a history and culture dating back to the region’s original settlement in the year eighteen thirty and its subsequent rapid growth.

Notable residents of Greenwood include Cleo Lemon, Betty Everett, Alphonso Ford, Webb Franklin, Bobbie Gentry, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Bernie Machen, Robert Johnson, Gerald Glass, Marry Ann Pearce, John Pittman, Fenton Robinson, Willye White, and Hubert Sumlin. Cultural celebrations in Greenwood throughout the year include the Roy Martin Delta Band Festival, the Holiday Open House, the Art Alfresco, Stars and Stripes in the Park, and the River to the Rails Arts Festival. Residents of a Greenwood apartment rental or home rental can take advantage of the educational opportunities furnished by local public and private schools as well as the Greenwood branches of Mississippi Valley State University and Mississippi Delta Community College.

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