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Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional county created by American author William Faulkner as a setting for many of his novels. Fictional counties are created by an author for character placement and story background William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author It is widely believed by scholars that Lafayette County, Mississippi is the basis for Yoknapatawpha County. Lafayette County is a County located in the US state of Mississippi. Faulkner would often refer to it as "my apocryphal county. "

Yoknapatawpha county is located in northwestern Mississippi and its seat is the town of Jefferson. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. This fictional county is bounded on the north by the Tallahatchie River and on the south by the Yoknapatawpha River and has an area of 2,400 mi² (6,200 km²). Tallahatchie River flows from Tippah County Mississippi to Leflore County Mississippi, where it joins the Yalobusha River to form the Yazoo River The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Most of the eastern half (as well as a small part of the southwest corner) of the county is pine hill country.

The word Yoknapatawpha is pronounced "Yok'na pa TAW pha. " It is derived from two Chickasaw words—Yocona and petopha, meaning "split land. The Chickasaw language ( Chikashshanompa', IPA) is a Native American language of Muskogean family " Faulkner claims the compound means "water flowing slow through the flatland," though this is unverified. Yoknapatawpha was the original name for the actual Yocona River, which runs through the southern part of Lafayette County, of which Oxford is the seat. Lafayette County is a County located in the US state of Mississippi. Oxford is a city and the County seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.

The area was originally Chickasaw land. The Chickasaw' are Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States (Mississippi Alabama Tennessee White settlement started around the year 1800. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Prior to the Civil War, the county consisted of several large plantations: Louis Grenier's in the southeast, McCaslin's in the northeast, Sutpen's in the northwest, and Compson's and Sartoris's in the immediate vicinity of Jefferson. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Fundamentally a plantation is usually a large Farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country on which Cotton, Tobacco Louis Grenier is a fictional character in William Faulkner 's novels and stories Compson is a Fictional Family created by American author William Faulkner for use in his novels and short stories Later the county became mostly small farms. By 1936, the population was 15,611, of which 6,298 were whites and 9,313 were black. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Stories set in Yoknapatawpha County

Sartoris is a novel first published in 1929 by the American author William Faulkner. The Sound and the Fury is one of the most celebrated novels of the Twentieth century, written by American author William Faulkner, which makes use As I Lay Dying is a Novel written by the American author William Faulkner. " A Rose for Emily " is a Short story by American author William Faulkner first published in the April 30, 1930 issue " Dry September " is a short story by William Faulkner. "That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 on the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized Sanctuary is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. Light in August is a 1932 Novel by the American author William Faulkner. Absalom Absalom! is a Southern Gothic Novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1936 The Unvanquished is a Novel by the American author William Faulkner, set in Yoknapatawpha County. " Barn Burning " is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, which appeared in Harper's in 1938 The Hamlet is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1940 about the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. Go Down Moses is an episodic novel by American author William Faulkner, consisting of seven short stories Intruder in the Dust is a Novel by the Nobel Prize-winning American author William Faulkner. Requiem for a Nun is a book written by William Faulkner in 1951. The Town is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1957 about the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. The Mansion is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, written in 1959 The Reivers, published in 1962, is the last novel by the American author William Faulkner. Flags in the Dust is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, completed in 1927
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