Office of Geology - Mining and Reclamation Division
Home
Mines
Viewer
MSHA
Surface Mines - Kemper County
Kemper County (69)
County Seat:
DeKalb
Formed:
1833
Area:
767 square miles
Population:
10,453
Origin of County name:
Named for Reuben Kemper, who led a company of men from the Mississippi Territory against Spanish Mobile in 1811.
Legend