Ten Mile, also known as Tenmile, is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Stone County, Mississippi, United States,
[ located approximately south of Perkinston. Ten Mile is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The main period of significance was between 1904 and 1923.
]
History
Early in the 20th century, Ten Mile had a post office and railroad station. Ten Mile developed along the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (now Kansas City Southern Railroad
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and ...
) as a sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
community, and was the site of Ten Mile Lumber Company from 1899 to 1922.[Ten Mile Lumber Company]
Retrieved 2015-11-02 Ten Mile Lumber Company was incorporated in 1903, and produced from 60,000 to 75,000 board feet
The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a length of a board, one foot wide and thick.
Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure" ...
of southern yellow pine lumber per day.[ Ten Mile Lumber Company was sold to L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company in 1910, and Dantzler continued to operate the sawmill until 1922, when the mill closed.][
In 1937, Dantzler built a new sawmill and office at Ten Mile, on the site of the former mill. In 1946, Dantzler moved their headquarters from Moss Point, Mississippi to Ten Mile. The new mill produced southern pine lumber until 1949, when Dantzler ended their logging and sawmill operations to concentrate on ]tree farm
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are u ...
ing, but the company continued to operate out of their Ten Mile office.
In 1966, L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company was sold to International Paper Company, and the Ten Mile company office was used by International Paper as a location for monitoring the company's timberland holdings in south Mississippi through the end of the 20th century.[
In 1870, Ten Mile Baptist Church was organized and was still active in 2021. Stone County's ]Industrial Park
An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park, ...
and Bond-Saucier Cemetery are also located in the Ten Mile community.Aerospace in Mississippi: Ten Mile Industrial Park
Retrieved 2015-11-02
Transportation
*Highway: U.S. Route 49
U.S. Route 49 (US 49) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with US Route 62/ Highway 1/ Highway 139 (US 62/AR 1/AR 139). Its southern terminus is ...
*Railroad: Kansas City Southern Railroad
Gallery
Image:Ten Mile Baptist Church.jpg, Ten Mile Baptist Church
Image:Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery.jpg, Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery
Image:Ten Mile Industrial Park.jpg, Stone County Industrial Park
References
{{authority control
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Stone County, Mississippi
Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area