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Jasper County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.At the 2020 census, the population was 16,367. [1] In 1906, the state legislature established two county courts, one at the first county seat of Paulding in the eastern part of the county and also one at Bay Springs in the west, where the railroad had been constructed. [2]
Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,161. [4] Laurel is northeast of Ellisville, the first county seat, which contains the first county courthouse. It has the second county courthouse, as Jones County has two judicial districts.
Laurel School District: 600 8 Walmart: 585 9 Masonite: 556 10 Jones County 510 11 Sawmill Square Mall 450 12 Jones County Junior College: 427 13 MS Industries for Individuals with Disabilities 415 14 Southern Hens 390 15 City of Laurel: 317 16 Tanner Construction 185 17 Hudson's Salvage Center 153 18 Dunn Roadbuilders 145 19 Morgan Brothers ...
A commissary at the Scotts Run coal mining camp, 1938, near Morgantown, West Virginia Commissary for sharecroppers, on display at the Louisiana State Cotton Museum. A commissary is a store for provisions which can include prepared foods for eating either on-premises or off-premises. It is usually run within an organization such as a mining ...
South Central Regional Medical Center was founded in 1952 and is currently a 285-bed, public not-for-profit hospital located in Laurel, Mississippi. The hospital primarily serves a four-county area: Jones County, Jasper County, Wayne County and Smith County.
Thomas Webber Wilson (January 24, 1893 – January 31, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born in Coldwater, Mississippi , Wilson attended the public schools of his native city. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1913.
The jail is now operated by the Wilson County Historical Society as the Wilson County Jailhouse Museum. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Visitors can view the original jail cells. The museum is open the first Saturday of the month and for special events.
Ten years later, Wilson opened his first catalog showroom. By 1982, Wilson's was the third-largest catalog showroom chain in the United States. [1] At its peak, it had 80 stores in 12 states. In 1985, rival chain Service Merchandise purchased all 80 of the Wilson's stores. [2] Wilson died on February 8, 2008, at age 80. [3]