George County is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state
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of
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
. As of the
2020 census, the population was 24,350. Its
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
is
Lucedale.
The county is named for
James Z. George,
US Senator from Mississippi. George County was included in the
Pascagoula, MS
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is located adjacent to the
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
state line.
History
George County was named after Senator James Z. George and was formed on March 16, 1910, from parts of land formerly included in Jackson and Greene Counties.
The
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a Class I railroad in the central United States whose primary routes extended from Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illin ...
ran through
Lucedale on its way to
Mobile.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water.
Major highways
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U.S. Highway 98
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Mississippi Highway 26
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Mississippi Highway 57
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Mississippi Highway 63
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Mississippi Highway 198
Mississippi Highway 198 (MS 198) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennes ...
Adjacent counties
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Greene County (north)
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Mobile County, Alabama
Mobile County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson and Madison County, Alabama, Ma ...
(east)
*
Jackson County (south)
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Stone County (west)
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Perry County (northwest)
National protected area
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De Soto National Forest (part)
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 24,350 people, 7,592 households, and 5,309 families residing in the county.
Politics
The county has gone solidly Republican in the last ten Presidential elections. In past Presidential elections third-party candidates sometimes did well here. In
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
,
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama (1963–1967; 1971–1979; 1983–1987), and the List of longest-serving governors of U.S. s ...
won the county with over 90 percent of the vote, which was the second highest percentage he received in any county. In 1988, the county gave
David Duke 4.21%, his best performance in the nation. In that election it also gave more support to
Lenora Fulani than she received in most of the nation. In 2012, President Obama only received 14 percent of the vote, and
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
received barely ten percent in 2016 In 2020, George County was only one of two counties that
voted against replacing the state flag. The other was neighbouring
Greene County.
The county is located in
Mississippi's 4th congressional district, which has a
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated PVI or CPVI, is a measurement of how partisan a U.S. congressional district or U.S. state is. This partisanship is indicated as lean towards either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, com ...
of R+21 and is represented by Republican
Mike Ezell.
Communities
City
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Lucedale (county seat)
Census-designated places
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Agricola
Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to:
People Cognomen or given name
:''In chronological order''
* Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85)
* Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the m ...
*
Benndale
Unincorporated places
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Basin
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Bexley
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Crossroads
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Merrill
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Shipman
Education
The sole school district is
George County School District.
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See also
* Dry counties
In the United States, a dry county is a county whose local government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. The vast majority of counties no ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in George County, Mississippi
References
External links
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George County Courthouse Pictures
George County Sheriff's Office
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Mississippi counties
Pascagoula metropolitan area
1910 establishments in Mississippi
Populated places established in 1910