New Augusta is a town in

Perry County Perry County may refer to: United States *Perry County, Alabama *Perry County, Arkansas *Perry County, Illinois *Perry County, Indiana *Perry County, Kentucky *Perry County, Mississippi *Perry County, Missouri *Perry County, Ohio *Perry Coun ...

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 ...

. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 644 at the 2010 census. It is the

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. New Augusta is located about two miles south of "Old" Augusta, which was the county seat until 1906.

Geography

New Augusta is located at (31.204062, -89.031957). According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (2.64%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 554 people, 238 households, and 165 families residing in the town.

Education

The Town of New Augusta is served by the Perry County School District.

References

{{authority control Towns in Perry County, Mississippi Towns in Mississippi County seats in Mississippi Hattiesburg metropolitan area

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