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Elections are limited to once every four years. Any new county must be at least 400 square miles (1,000 km 2), with no existing county reduced below that size. [2] The county governing body, known as the Board of Supervisors, is located under the judicial branch of state government as established in the 1817 Mississippi Constitution. [3]
McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States. The city is approximately 80 miles (130 km) south of Jackson . As of the 2010 census , the city had a total population of 12,790. [ 4 ]
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.
According to the 2020 United States Census, Mississippi is the 32nd-most populous state, with 2,949,965 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area, spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km 2) of land. [1] Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 300 municipalities, consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
Amite County / ˈ eɪ. m ɛ t / is a county located in the state of Mississippi on its southern border with Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,720. [1] Its county seat is Liberty. [2] The county is named after the Amite River, which runs through the county. Amite County is part of the McComb, MS micropolitan statistical area.
The McComb Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in southwestern Mississippi that includes Pike, Walthall, and Amite counties which had a combined population of 66,024 as of the 2020 census.
Location of Pike County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
In 1857 the Illinois Central Railroad was built 9 mi (14 km) west bypassing Holmesville and the more populated area of the County. This shifted the population from the river town of Holmesville to the new railroad towns of Magnolia, Summit, and Osyka. In 1873, Magnolia was voted in as the new county seat and in 1876 a new courthouse was erected ...