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Kiln (pronounced "The Kill") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. The town is located about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana .
A number of historic lime kilns are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), while others are included as contributing structures in NRHP-listed historic districts or other NRHP listings. The list also includes lime kilns which are listed in local or state historic registers, and ones not registered at all.
The Hancock County School District is a public school district based in the community of Kiln, Mississippi (). [1]In addition to Kiln, the district also serves the communities of Diamondhead, Pearlington, sections of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, as well as portions of rural Hancock County. [2]
Mississippi Highway 603 (MS 603) is a 25.0-mile-long (40.2 km) state highway in Hancock County, Mississippi.The highway generally runs north–south from its southern terminus at U.S. Route 90 (US 90) in Waveland through Bay St. Louis and Kiln to its northern terminus at MS 53 near Necaise.
The Stephen D. Lee House in Columbus, Mississippi, was built in 1847 by Thomas Garton Blewett.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 [2] and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1985. [1]
Moses Craig (1797–1874), a wealthy farmer, owned the lime kilns, which were built about 1860, and a local limestone quarry. The limestone was burnt in the kilns and used in agriculture as a soil additive and used in construction to make mortar and whitewash.
Paul B. Johnson State Park is a public recreation area on the shores of Geiger Lake, located off U.S. Highway 49 in McLaurin, Mississippi, 12 miles (19 km) south of Hattiesburg. The state park is named after Paul B. Johnson , the forty-sixth governor of Mississippi .
Percy Quin State Park is a public recreation area located off Interstate 55, approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of McComb, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 490-acre (200 ha) Lake Tangipahoa , an impoundment of the Tangipahoa River .