• Source: Pike County, Mississippi

Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324. The county seat is Magnolia. Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of the McComb, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.




History


Pike County was formed from Marion County by an act of the Territorial General Assembly on December 9, 1815. Holmesville was selected as the county seat on December 11, 1816; it was named in honor of Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, an army officer killed in the War of 1812. In 1873 Magnolia was voted in as the new county seat. The county was devoted to agriculture and is still mostly rural.




Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 411 square miles (1,060 km2), of which 409 square miles (1,060 km2) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2) (0.4%) is water.




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= Adjacent counties

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Lincoln County (north)
Walthall County (east)
Washington Parish, Louisiana (southeast)
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (south)
Amite County (west)




Demographics



As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 40,324 people, 14,404 households, and 8,528 families residing in the county.




Communities






= Cities

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Magnolia (county seat)
McComb




= Towns

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Osyka
Summit




= Census-designated place

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Fernwood




= Unincorporated communities

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Chatawa
Holmesville
Kirkville
Pricedale
Progress
Sherman




Politics


Pike County is a swing county in presidential elections; since 2000 it has voted Democratic four times and Republican twice.




Education


Pike County has three school districts:

McComb School District
North Pike School District
South Pike School District
Pike County is in the district of Southwest Mississippi Community College.




See also


National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Mississippi
Fernwood Lumber Company
History of Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 by Luke W. Conerly 1909
J. J. Carter, Pike County native who served in the late 19th century in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as mayor of Minden, Louisiana




References






External links


Media related to Pike County, Mississippi at Wikimedia Commons
Mississippi Courthouses – Pike County

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