* Grenada County ( north )

* Grenada County ( south )

At that time it was a much larger county taking in what is now all of Webster County, and the eastern part of Montgomery County and a small portion of Grenada County.

* Grenada County ( northwest )

* Grenada County ( southeast )

* Grenada County ( northeast )

Grenada County is a county located in the U. S. state of Mississippi.

Grenada County is named for the Spanish province of Granada.

The Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Grenada County.

Pillow Academy in unincorporated Leflore County, near Greenwood, enrolls some students from Grenada County.

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Grenada County, Mississippi

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* Grenada County ( north )

* Grenada County ( southwest )

About 2 million years ago Grenada was formed as an underwater volcano.

Before the arrival of Europeans, Grenada, was inhabited by Carib Indians who had driven the more peaceful Arawaks from the island.

By the beginning of the 18th century, the name " Grenada ", or " la Grenade " in French, was in common use.

Conflict broke out between the French and the indigenous islanders in November 1649 and fighting lasted for five years until 1654, when the last opposition to the French on Grenada was crushed-although the island continued for some time after to suffer raids by war canoe parties from St. Vincent, who had aided the local Grenadan islanders in their struggle and continued to oppose the French.

On 27th Sep 1650 du Parquet bought Grenada, Martinique, and St. Lucia from the Compagnie des Iles de l ' Amerique ( Company of the Isles of America ), as it was dissolved, for the equivalent of £ 1160.

In 1674 the French West India Company was dissolved and Grenada became a French Colony rather than a piece of private property in the hands of Companies of Frenchmen.

In 1675 Grenada was captured by Dutch Privateers, but luckily for the French, a French man-of-war arrived unexpectedly, and the island was recaptured.

Grenada was captured by the British during the Seven Years ' War on 4 March 1762 by Commodore Swanton without a shot being fired.

Grenada was formally ceded to the Britain by the Treaty of Paris on 10 February 1763.

A British relief force was defeated in the naval Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779.

Fedon was clearly influenced by the ideas emerging from the French Revolution especially the Convention's abolition of slavery in 1794-he stated that he intended to make Grenada a " Black Republic just like Haiti ".

In 1871 Grenada was connected to the telegraph.

On the 3rd of December 1882, the largest wooden jetty ever built in Grenada was opened in Gouyave.

In 1885, after Barbados left the British Windward Islands, the capital of the colonial confederation was moved from Bridgetown to St. George on Grenada.

Partly as a result of Marryshow's lobbying the Wood Commission of 1921-1922 concluded that Grenada was ready for constitutional reform in the form of a ' modified ' Crown Colony government.

In 1958, the Windward Islands Administration was dissolved, and Grenada joined the Federation of the West Indies.

Under the Associated Statehood Act on 3 March 1967 Grenada was granted full autonomy over its internal affairs.

Herbert Blaize was the first Premier of the Associated State of Grenada from March to August 1967.

When US troops withdew from Grenada in December 1983 Nicholas Braithwaite of the National Democratic Congress was appointed Prime Minister of an interim administration by the Governor General Sir Paul Scoon until elections could be organised.

On 28 October 1984 the new Point Salines International Airport was opened, which enabled Grenada to receive large commercial jets for the first time.

The 2001 census showed that the population of Grenada was 100, 895.

On September 7, 2004, Grenada was hit directly by category four Hurricane Ivan.

The economy of Grenada was brought to a near standstill in September 2004 by Hurricane Ivan, which damaged or destroyed 90 percent of the country's buildings, including some tourist facilities.

In July 2005 Hurricane Emily struck Grenada again as the country was still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Ivan.