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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 ]
William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice 3,336: 435.3 sq mi (1,127 km 2) Simpson County: 127: Mendenhall: SI: 1824: Formed from Copiah County: Josiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [26] 25,715: 590.5 sq mi (1,529 km 2 ...
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.
As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Cartlidge huddled with her husband ...
Mississippi newspapers, 1805-1940: a preliminary union list of Mississippi newspaper files available in county archives, offices of publishers, libraries, and private collections in Mississippi – via HathiTrust. Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858.
Runnelstown is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Perry County, Mississippi. [3] A post office operated in Runnelstown from 1909 to 1914. [4] Jessica Carter, who represented Mississippi at the 2012 Miss Teen USA pageant, was born in Runnelstown. [5] It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a ...
Dramatic before and after satellite photos of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, tornado.Before photos were taken on Dec. 27, 2022. After photos were taken on March 26, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar ...
From 1818 until 1906, the town of Augusta served as the county seat for Perry County, Mississippi. [4] [5] It was considered a major commercial and administrative center because a United States General Land Office was located there. [6]