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Hernando, Mississippi

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The city of Hernando is located in DeSoto County and is the county seat.

Hernando is 90 feet [27.43 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Hernando lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Florida has a community that is also named Hernando.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Hernando had a population of 6,812 people<2> (or 6.27% of the total population of DeSoto County). The population of Hernando represented 0.24% of the total of Mississippi, making it the state's 51st most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Hernando had a population of 12,318 people. This is an increase of 80.83% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Hernando.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
200812,318+80.83%+4.62% since 2007
200711,774+72.84%+4.92% since 2006
200611,222+64.74%+6.56% since 2005
200510,531+54.59% 
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20006,812The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Horseshoe Lake (AR)   W18 mi [28.97 km]2909.66% decrease
 Byhalia   E17 mi [27.36 km]1,31085.55% increase
 Coldwater   S10 mi [16.09 km]1,6193.29% decrease
 Horn Lake   NW8 mi [12.87 km]24,66974.97% increase
 Memphis   W12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Olive Branch   NE11 mi [17.7 km]31,83051.18% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Hernando.


The Commemorative Quarter for Mississippi
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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Hernando. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Hernando:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Hernando? Please visit the Map Page for Hernando.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hernando - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hernando.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Hernando and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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