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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 county was named for John M. Stone, who served as Governor of Mississippi from 1876 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1896.
Stone County is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1918, the Stone County Courthouse was completed at a cost of $29,515.18, and is still in use today, after several renovations.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 448 square miles (1,160 km2), of which 445 square miles (1,150 km2) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) (0.6%) is water.
= Major highways
=U.S. Highway 49
Mississippi Highway 15
Mississippi Highway 26
Mississippi Highway 29
= Adjacent counties
=Perry County (northeast)
George County (east)
Jackson County (southeast)
Harrison County (south)
Pearl River County (west)
Forrest County (northwest)
= National protected areas
=De Soto National Forest (part)
Sweetbay Bogs Preserve
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,333 people, 6,334 households, and 4,560 families residing in the county.
Arts and culture
On April 25, during the 2012 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature, Concurrent Resolution 643 was adopted by the state Senate and state House of Representatives, stating that Stone County be named and declared the Mural County of Mississippi. During the previous 8 years, a Telling Trees Project was developed in Stone County to document and celebrate Stone County's history and heritage. As part of that project, 23 murals, in the form of paintings and mosaic tiles, were created in cooperation with the Art Department, Perkinston campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and are on public display throughout the county. The murals tell visual stories of Stone County's ecosystems, people, landmarks, and industries.
Communities
= Cities
=Wiggins (county seat)
= Census-designated place
=Bond
= Unincorporated communities
=Education
= Public school districts
=Stone County School District
= Colleges
=Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston Campus
Politics
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Stone County, Mississippi
Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain
Sweetbay Bogs Preserve
List of Mississippi Landmarks in Stone County
References
External links
Media related to Stone County, Mississippi at Wikimedia Commons
Mississippi Courthouses – Stone County
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