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Magnolia was founded in 1856 by Ansel H. Prewett, a local civic leader and cotton planter. Knowing that the approaching New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad (now the Illinois Central Railroad) would need a station for water and fuel, Prewett sold a right-of-way to the railroad company – for one dollar, according to legend – and divided a section of his plantation into town ...
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Magnolia, Mississippi. Pages in category "People from Magnolia, Mississippi" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Magnolia was platted in 1896, and named the flowering plant magnolia. [2] A post office called Magnolia was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1953. [ 3 ]
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Susan Akin (born 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and Miss America 1986 ; Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020 ; Jenna Edwards (born 1981), former Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA ; Ruth Ford (1911–2009), model
Jean Carnahan (1933–2024), first Missouri woman to become a U.S. Senator, matriarch of Carnahan political family; Mel Carnahan (1924–2000), governor, posthumous U.S. Senator (died in plane crash three weeks before he was elected), patriarch of Carnahan political family; Robin Carnahan (born 1961), Missouri Secretary of State
Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324. [1] The county seat is Magnolia. [2] Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of the McComb, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Mississippi is the only American state where people in cars may legally consume beer. Some localities have laws restricting the practice. [194] In 2018, the state was ranked number eight in the Union in terms of impaired driving deaths. [195] The Vicksburg Bridge carries I-20 and U.S. 80 across the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.