GET ME REWRITE: Noxubee County, Mississippi is one of many rural areas across the United States that is emptying out

 

Source:  Wikipedia

Retiring Guy suggests taking this website puffery with a grain of salt.

Never heard of Noxubee County until I read this article in today's New York Times.

Though the county’s population is mostly Black, every sheriff elected in Noxubee County was white until 1988, when Albert Walker became the first Black man to hold the office. Mr. Grassaree, his handpicked successor, was the second.