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New Augusta is a town in Perry County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 554 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Perry County. [2] New Augusta is located about two miles south of "Old" Augusta, which was the county seat until 1906.
Perry County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Until 1906, the county seat was the old town of Augusta, near the center of the county on the east bank of the Leaf River. At Old Augusta, the outlaw James Copeland was executed by hanging on October 30, 1857. [3] Old Augusta remains a small village today.
In the 1850s, Augusta was the site for the trial and hanging of the outlaw James Copeland. [8] In the 1890s, Davis Hawthorne was hanged in Augusta for the murder of his wife. [2] When the Mobile, Jackson, and Kansas City Railroad [9] was constructed 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Augusta, the town was moved to the railroad and developed as New Augusta.
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One of Augusta's biggest festivals is making a change for its return this fall. Arts in the Heart of Augusta is scheduled for Sept. 20-22, but this year, it will be held predominantly along ...
The Perry County School District is a public school district based in New Augusta, Mississippi . In addition to New Augusta, the district also serves the town of Beaumont as well as the census-designated place of Runnelstown and most rural areas in Perry County, except for northeastern areas. [1]
The new city administrator is the first to hold that position without "interim" in front of the title in more than two years. Sign here: Augusta approves employment contract for new city administrator