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Pearl River County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
3historic places
—earliest paper
1890formed
56,145pop. 2020
36cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1985. Most listings are in or near Picayune, Poplarville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Mississippi is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Pearl River titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Hermitage, ThePicayuneBuilding2016
Shaw HomesteadPoplarvilleBuilding2019
Tiger Hammock Site 22 PR 594PicayuneSite1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pearl River was formed in 1890 (1890-02-22) from Hancock, Marion.

PEARL RIVER created from HANCOCK and MARION.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pearl River County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

56k30k2,95718901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
2,9576,69715,46819,12520,64122,41133,79548,62156,145

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

36 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 36 of 36 listed
NameLatLon
Beall Cemetery30.86418-89.4054
Beall Cemetery30.9242-89.41736
Bond Cemetery30.85622-89.40177
Byrd Line Cemetery30.99025-89.49899
Daugdrill Cemetery30.8633-89.34355
Davis Cemetery30.87114-89.36518
Dedeaux Cemetery30.73127-89.36449
Felix Ladner Cemetery30.92473-89.46509
Frye Cemetery30.80106-89.44757
Gipson Cemetery30.57583-89.57763
Hickory Grove Cemetery30.98263-89.38432
Holdens Cemetery30.81196-89.63605
Hollman Cemetery30.67378-89.71013
Kennedy Cemetery30.81708-89.76891
Ladner Cemetery30.88688-89.40639
Ladner Cemetery30.93672-89.46718
Landrum Cemetery30.96792-89.35306
Lee Cemetery30.81556-89.36899
Lee Cemetery30.85057-89.35526
Lumpkin Cemetery30.8955-89.41343
Martin Cemetery30.6756-89.56507
McGehee Cemetery30.64047-89.79681
Mitchell Cemetery30.70298-89.6756
Myrick Cemetery30.79928-89.46414
Orvisburg Cemetery30.9025-89.51144
Redmond Cemetery30.93915-89.39855
Rester Cemetery30.78058-89.46121
Richie Cemetery30.87657-89.7384
Rouse Field Cemetery30.95336-89.46228
Smith Cemetery30.67938-89.6601
Smith Cemetery30.80181-89.41117
Smith Cemetery30.81365-89.4349
Spiers Cemetery30.64602-89.597
Steep Hollow Cemetery30.66383-89.42442
Thigpen Cemetery30.50366-89.69866
Whitehead Cemetery30.62732-89.74227
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Centre30.71797-89.55506
Riceville30.79324-89.76118
Walkiah30.57075-89.78701
Yamacraw30.63269-89.80007

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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