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Perry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,511. [1] The county seat is New Augusta. [2] The county is named after the War of 1812 naval hero, Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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.
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.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
US 98 / MS 198 begins – Lucedale, New Augusta: Southern terminus of northern segment; interchange; eastern terminus of Beaumont segment of MS 198; south end of MS 198 overlap: Beaumont: 34.6: 55.7: MS 198 west – New Augusta: North end of MS 198 overlap: Richton: 47.3: 76.1: MS 42 west – Hattiesburg: South end of MS 42 overlap: 47.7: 76.8 ...
Buck Creek Road to Old Augusta Road - McSwain, Richton 35.4: 57.0: Old River Road - Hattiesburg: Runnelstown: 46.1: 74.2: MS 42 – Hattiesburg, Richton: Jones 65.0: 104.6: MS 590 west to I-59 – Seminary: Eastern terminus of MS 590: Ellisville: 66.5: 107.0: US 11 – Laurel, Hattiesburg MS 588 begins: Eastern terminus of MS 588; south end of ...
The department was accredited for the first time by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission in 2016. [6] At that time, JPD was the largest of 27 police departments accredited in Mississippi. [6] In 2020, JPD opened a Real-Time Crime Center, where officers could access 600 public and private surveillance cameras in the city. [7]
[28] [d] Ambarino is a mountain wilderness, with the largest settlement being the Wapiti Native American reservation; [29] New Hanover encompasses a sweeping valley and woody foothills that feature the cattle town of Valentine, the riverside Van Horn Trading Post, and the coal town of Annesburg; [30] [31] and Lemoyne is composed of bayous and ...