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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.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1] There are 19 properties listed on the National Register in the ...
The Amite County Courthouse in Liberty is the oldest in Mississippi. Erected in 1839, the courthouse was enlarged and modernized in 1936. [4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Amite Female Seminary (also known as the 'Little Red Schoolhouse'), built in 1853, was a girls finishing school located in Liberty.
A gazetteer from 1838 described Amite County's "chief towns" as Liberty, Centreville and Elysian Fields. [7] Elysian Fields relocated to Centreville in 1883 after the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad was constructed there. The former site of Elysian Fields, then called "Old Centreville", soon became extinct. [3] [4]
The Confederate Monument in Liberty, Mississippi, United States is a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers from Amite County, Mississippi who died in the American Civil War. Dedicated in 1871, it is the first Confederate monument to be erected in Mississippi and one of the earliest such monuments in the United States.
Amite County Courthouse is in Liberty, Mississippi, the county seat for Amite County, Mississippi. It was built from 1839–1841 and is the oldest extant county courthouse building in the state. It is a Mississippi Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] A historical marker commemorates its history. [3]
Here's a look at the Mississippi high school football playoff brackets for MHSAA classes 1A-4A and MAIS classes 1A-6A. ... Amite County 21. St. Aloysius 33, Winston Academy 27. Bowling Green - bye.
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