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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.
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.
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 ...
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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]
A Hollywood-style Walk of Fame, unveiled in 2009, makes its way from the nearby Mississippi State University Riley Center to the MAX site. New Walk of Fame stars will accompany the earlier state legends, including Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers, B.B. King, William Faulkner, Morgan Freeman, Walter Inglis Anderson, Hartley Peavey, Sela Ward and ...
The Mahned Bridge was constructed in 1903 and spans the Leaf River in Perry County, Mississippi. Around 1980, the bridge was removed from service and access was terminated. [3] The bridge was declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1996 [1] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [2]