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Columbia is the county seat of Marion County, which was created out of Amite County in 1811, encompassing the southwest quarter of the current state of Mississippi. Before statehood in 1816, there were three territorial census/poll tax records taken of what was deemed Marion County at the time.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services's Division of Youth Services operated the Columbia Training School in unincorporated Marion County. The facility was closed in 2008. The facility was closed in 2008.
The view from the bluff encompasses a significant portion of the Pearl River Basin in Marion County, as well as the eastern portion of the nearby city of Columbia, Mississippi. The land where the bluff is located is privately owned, so hiking is prohibited, but the bluff can be viewed from roadside parking areas along Mississippi Highway 587.
Columbia: MA: 1811: Formed from Unorganized and Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties: Francis Marion (c. 1732–1795), Revolutionary War lieutenant colonel 24,224: 548.7 sq mi (1,421 km 2) Marshall County: 093: Holly Springs: MR: 1836: Formed from Monroe County: John Marshall (1755–1835), Chief Justice of the United States who shaped the ...
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MS 43 as it passes through Goshen Springs, near the Ross Barnett Reservoir.. Mississippi Highway 43 (MS 43) is a state highway in Mississippi that generally runs north–south in three segments: the first from US 90 near Bay St. Louis to MS 13 south of Columbia, resuming at MS 13 in southern Jefferson Davis County to end near Mendenhall, and finally starting again at MS 18 near Puckett to end ...
MS 13 splits off of US 98 and heads north along MS 35 to bypass downtown as a two-lane along its eastern side before leaving Foxworth and crossing another bridge over the river back into Columbia. MS 13/MS 35 pass through mostly neighborhoods for a few miles before MS 13 splits off to leave Columbia for the final time and head north.
Mississippi Highway 44 (MS 44) is a 48.6-mile-long (78.2 km) disconnected state highway comprising three segments in south-central Mississippi. [1]The first, and longest, section runs from U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) in McComb to MS 27 near Topeka.