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The Pearl River County Library System serves the people of Pearl River County. Its headquarters are located at the Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial Library in Picayune, Mississippi and a branch library is in Poplarville, Mississippi. [1]
Picayune (/ p ɪ k ə ˈ j uː n / pik-ə-YOON) is the largest city in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 11,885 at the 2020 census.The city is located approximately 45 miles (72 km) from New Orleans, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport–Biloxi.
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The Grand Opening and Rededication of the new Library was held on January 11, 2004. 86: South Brooklyn South Brooklyn: Mar 27, 1903: $11,800 Pearl Rd. and Devonshire Rd. Open 1905–1936 87: Steubenville Steubenville: Jun 30, 1899: $62,000 407 S. 4th St. First (along with East Liverpool) Carnegie Library approved in Ohio. Opened March 12, 1902.
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Poplarville was named for Poplar Jim Smith, the original owner of the town site. [3]Four lynchings have been committed in Poplarville since the Civil War. [4] The most recent occurred in 1959 when Mack Charles Parker, an African-American accused of rape, was abducted from the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville by a mob [5] and shot to death.
Hurricane Katrina damaged more than 40 Mississippi libraries. The Pearlington Public Library was a total loss, and it required a complete rebuild. [8] Almost a year later, a member of C.O.D.R.A. (Coalition of Disaster Relief Agencies) in Pearlington noted that all (but 2) homes, every building, and every vehicle in the town of 1600 was destroyed.
Pearl is a city located in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States, on the east side of the Pearl River across from the state capital Jackson. The population was 27,115 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pearl is the most populous city in Rankin County, and the 12th most populous city in the state.