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History of Greene County
This county is among the oldest erected in Mississippi, having been established on
December
9, 1811, while David Holmes of Virginia
was serving as territorial governor. The county has a
land surface of 710 square miles.
It is located far down in the southeastern section of the
State on
the border of Alabama. The Counties of Wayne, Franklin, Amite and George contributed
to form its area, and its original limits were thus defined:
"Beginning on the line of
demarcation, where the trading road leading from the Choctaw
nation to Mobile crosses the
same, thence along said trading
road to where the fifth parallel township line crosses the
same, thence west with said
line to the fourth range of township east of Pearl River,
numbering
from whence the line of demarcation crosses the same, thence down the said range of
townships to the line of demarcation, and with the same east to the
beginning." That portion
of the county lying west of the dividing line between
the eighth and ninth ranges, was taken
February 3, 1820, to form the county
of Perry. |
Visit the neighboring counties of Greene County:
Wayne,
Perry,
George,
Mobile County, AL,
Washington County,
AL
Last Updated:
02/20/2023 06:34 PM -0600
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