Ten Mile, also known as Tenmile, is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Stone County, Mississippi
Stone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,333. Its county seat is Wiggins. Stone County was formed from the northern portion of Harrison County on June 5, 1916. The coun ...
, 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
The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SI) was constructed in the state of Mississippi, USA, at the turn of the 20th century to open a vast expanse of southern yellow pine forests for commercial harvest. In spite of economic uncertainty, entrepren ...
(now Kansas City Southern Railroad
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ark ...
) as a sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, 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 ...
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 board that is in length, one foot in width, and in thickness, or exactly liters.
Board foot can be abbrev ...
of southern yellow pine
In ecology and forestry, yellow pine refers to a number of conifer species that tend to grow in similar plant communities and yield similar strong wood. In the Western United States, yellow pine refers to Jeffrey pine or ponderosa pine. In the S ...
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
Moss Point is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 12,147 in 2020, a decline from the figure of 13,704 in 2010. The Moss Point Historic District and several individual buildings are listed on the National Reg ...
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 Plant stem, stem, or trunk (botany), trunk, usually supporting Branch, branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only Bark (botan ...
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
The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 39,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
History
The company was incorporated January 31 ...
, 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 or 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 par ...
and Bond-Saucier Cemetery are also located in the Ten Mile community.
Transportation
*Highway: U.S. Route 49
*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
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Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Stone County, Mississippi
Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area