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Place Name
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Bolivar County
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Pronunciation
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BAH-liv-uhr
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Rosedale and Cleveland
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Population
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41,875 (1990)
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Location
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Mississippi, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°47'N
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Longitude
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90°52'W
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Bolivar
(BAH-liv-uhr), county (
905 sq mi/2,344 sq km; 1990 pop.
41,875), W Miss., bounded W by the Mississippi R. (Ark. state line);
 Rosedale and Cleveland; 33°47'N 90°52'W. Drained by
Sunflower R. In rich agr. region (soybeans, corn, wheat, sorghum, rice,
alfalfa; cattle; timber). Great River Road State Park in W; L. Bolivar
State Lake at center; lakes Beulah and Whittington, oxbow lakes of
Mississippi R., in W, form part of state line. Formed 1836.
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