Bexley is an unincorporated place in
George County, Mississippi
George County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,578. Its county seat is Lucedale. The county is named for James Z. George, US Senator from Mississippi.
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History
Prior to the creation of George County, Bexley was located in
Greene County.
The Diamond Lumber Company opened a sawmill in Bexley in 1901. The mill was capable of sawing of pine per day. The company built a shortline railway running south from Bexley. The mill closed in 1918.
Bexley was a stop on the mainline of the
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also co ...
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A post office operated under the name Bexley from 1900 to 1971.
The Bexley School operated from 1913 to 1959, and was one of the first consolidated schools in Mississippi (consolidation allowed two or more rural schools to combine).
In 2010, George County Sheriff Garry M. Welford was killed in Bexley while assisting in a high-speed chase. Welford was attempting to lay spike strips at an intersection in Bexley, when the vehicle under pursuit struck him. Both occupants of the fleeing vehicle, a boyfriend and girlfriend, were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Public services
The hamlet is served by the Bexley Volunteer Fire Department.
The Bexley water system was the first rural water system in the United States that was financed by the
Farmers Home Administration
The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) was a U.S. government agency established in August 1946 to replace the Farm Security Administration. It superseded the Resettlement Administration during the Great Depression and operated until 2006. FmHA mi ...
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References
Unincorporated communities in George County, Mississippi
Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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