Its name comes from two Chickasaw words meaning "split land".
One of its sections is known as Old Frenchman's Place; that Frenchman is Louis Grenier, who is described in Requiem for a Nun. Another section is the former home of Colonel John Sartoris. It was where Boon Hogganbeck, with the help of Uncle Ike McCaslin, hunted and killed Old Ben. It is also the site of Lena Grove's search for Lucas Burch, the Compson family residence, and the Bundren family's ill- fated attempt to inter Addie. Its name comes from two Chickasaw words meaning "split land". It is loosely based on Lafeyette County, and its largest city is based on Lafeyette's city of Oxford. Name this fictional Mississippi county, the setting for many of William Faulkner's most famous works.
One of its sections is known as Old Frenchman's Place; that Frenchman is Louis Grenier, who is described in Requiem for a Nun.
Yoknapatawpha [YOK na pa TAW fa] County