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Mississippi Highway 29
Mississippi Highway 29 (MS 29) is a state highway in southern Mississippi. It runs from north to south for and serves three counties: Jones, Perry, Stone. Route description MS 29 begins in Stone County at an interchange between MS 26 (W Central Avenue) and MS 149 (Magnolia Drive) in Wiggins. It heads north concurrent (overlapped) with MS 149 and they head straight up through the center of downtown for several blocks before MS 29 splits off and heads east through neighborhoods along E Hatten Avenue. MS 29 merges onto Parkway Drive to pass by the Flint Creek Water Park before leaving the Wiggins city limits and traveling northeast through a mix of farmland and woodlands for a few miles to cross into Perry County. MS 29 travels through farmland for several miles before entering the Black Creek Wilderness portion of De Soto National Forest, where it crosses Black Creek and winds its way through remote woodlands for several miles, exiting only briefly to pass through the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Department Of Transportation
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In addition to highways, the department also has a limited role in supporting Mississippi's public transportation system, ports and waterways system, aeronautics and railroads. MDOT is headquartered in downtown Jackson. Role and Responsibility MDOT is responsible for providing a safe intermodal transportation network that is planned, designed, constructed and maintained in an effective, cost-efficient and environmentally sensitive manner. MDOT's objective is to maximize taxpayers' dollars by providing a safe, efficient multimodal network that enhances economic stability and growth. History In 1916, the Mississippi State Highway Commission was formed by the Mississippi Legislature with three elected commissioners to act in a supervisory capacity in the administration of federal funds allotted to the stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint Creek Water Park
Flint Creek Water Park, located in Wiggins, Mississippi, is part of the Pat Harrison Waterway District, which is a Mississippi State Agency providing outdoor recreation and management of the Pascagoula River Basin. The purpose of the nine water parks located in southeast and east-central Mississippi is to provide flood control, water management, and recreation. This is not to be confused with the Flint Creek Waterpark in Colcord, Oklahoma on the Flint Creek that flows through Arkansas and Oklahoma. Description The Flint Creek Water Park provides a wide assortment of outdoor recreational opportunities, most focusing on water sports. The Flint Creek Reservoir is created by an earthen dam impounding the headwaters of Flint Creek, which flows south into Red Creek, a tributary of the Pascagoula River. The lake is stocked with popular southern sporting fish: largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish. The swimming area, which is seasonally open, features several water slides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Highway 588
Mississippi Highway 588 (MS 588) is a state highway running from U.S. Route 84 (US 84) outside of Collins to MS 29 in Ellisville in southern Mississippi. Route description MS 588 begins at an intersection with US 84 and Salem School Road, less than east of the center of Collins. The two lane road generally heads east through wooded areas though within the first , it passes facilities for various oil pipeline companies including TransMontaigne, Colonial Pipeline, and Plantation Pipeline. Continuing east from here, MS 588 passes through the settlements of Willowtown and Eminence. In the latter location, MS 588 intersects MS 535 at its northern terminus. Heading east, through a mix of open fields and woods, the highway enters Jones County from Covington County. MS 588 goes through the community of Oak Bowery, crosses the Oakey Woods Creek and Leaf River, and reaches Sand Hill. Near its end, the highway enters the town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones County Junior College
Jones College is a public community college in Ellisville, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and serves its eight-county district consisting of Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith and Wayne counties. The college holds membership in the Mississippi Association of Colleges, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference and NJCAA. Although a community college, its sports teams have some achieved some notability. In 1955, the Jones County Junior College football team became the first all-white team in Mississippi to play a racially integrated team. This occurred when Jones County played in the Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, against Compton Community College in Compton, California. In 2014, the men's basketball team defeated Indian Hills Community College to win the NJCAA National Championship. History In 1922, Mississippi allowed college courses to be included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Highway 590
Mississippi Highway 590 (MS 590) is a state highway that runs for from the Seminary area at U.S. Route 49 (US 49) to just outside of Ellisville at MS 29 in the southern portion of Mississippi. Route description MS 590's western terminus is located just west of the town of Seminary along US 49, just north of its intersection with MS 589. Heading east along Main Street into town (just past its crossing of the Okatoma Creek, the road passes some stores, homes, and churches. In the center of Seminary, MS 590 has the road name of Main Street and crosses a railroad at-grade. Towards the east side of town, it intersects MS 535 at its southern terminus. Once leaving town, the highway heads east through a mix of woods, open fields, poultry farms, and houses. The road transitions from Covington County to Jones County with similar surroundings from before. In rural Jones County, MS 590 crosses Leaf River. Starting to approach Ellisvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitfield, Jones County, Mississippi
Whitfield is an unincorporated community located in Jones County, Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ..., United States. Notes Unincorporated communities in Jones County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{JonesCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Highway 42
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income in the United States. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 in 2020. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States, which constituted the largest slaveholding states in the nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runnelstown, Mississippi
Runnelstown is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Perry County, Mississippi. A post office operated in Runnelstown from 1909 to 1914. Jessica Carter, who represented Mississippi at the 2012 Miss Teen USA Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant formerly run, since 1983, by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe, which currently broadcasts on Fox and Miss USA, this pageant is webcast on the Mis ... pageant, was born in Runnelstown. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 320. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' Notes Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Perry County, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallahala Creek
Tallahala Creek is a river in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It flows from north to south, joining the Leaf River east of Hattiesburg. Names ''Tallahala'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "standing rocks". According to the Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ..., Tallahala Creek has also been known as: *East Tallahala Creek *Fiume Tale Houma *Hashlupbacher Creek *Hashlupbatcher Creek *Hashluphatcher Creek *Hooma Creek *Talahala Creek *Talahola Creek *Talla Creek *Talla Halla Creek *Tallahala River *Tallahalah Creek *Tallahalie Creek *Tallahalla Creek *Tallahalla River *Tallahoma Creek *Tallahuta Creek *Tallee Hooma River *Tallyhomo River *West Fork Tallahala Creek References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf River (Mississippi)
The Leaf River is a river, about 180 mi (290 km) long, in southern Mississippi in the United States. It is a principal tributary of the Pascagoula River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Course The Leaf River rises in the Bienville National Forest in southwestern Scott County and flows initially southward through eastern Smith, northeastern Covington, western Jones and northern Forrest Counties to Hattiesburg, where it collects the Bouie River. Below Hattiesburg, the river turns southeastward and flows through central Perry county, where it collects the Tallahala Creek and Bogue Homo, and southwestern Greene County, skirting the edge of the De Soto National Forest, into northern George County, where it joins the Chickasawhay River to form the Pascagoula River just upstream from the Merrill bridge. History The Leaf River served as a trade route in the area before roads and trails were widely developed. It is recorded that traders made regular trips to people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice, Mississippi
Janice is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Mississippi, United States. Janice is approximately east-southeast of Brooklyn and approximately northeast of Wiggins on Mississippi Highway 29 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. Janice is located within the Black Creek Wilderness portion of De Soto National Forest De Soto National Forest, named for 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, is of pine forests in southern Mississippi. It is one of the most important protected areas for the biological diversity of the Gulf Coast ecoregion of North Ame .... A post office operated under the name Janice from 1901 to 1915. References Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Hattiesburg metropolitan area {{PerryCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
