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Mississippi Counties
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Mississippi Counties
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George County, Mississippi
George County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lucedale
Year Organized: 1811
Square Miles: 478 |
Court House: 355 Cox Street, Suite D
County Courthouse
Lucedale, MS 39452-6514
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
George is named for James Z. George, US Senator from Mississippi. James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826 –
August 14, 1897) was an American military officer, lawyer, writer, and politician. He was known as Mississippi's
"Great Commoner."
James Z. George was born in Monroe County, Georgia, but moved to Mississippi when his widowed mother remarried. He
served as a private in the Mexican-American War under Colonel Jefferson Davis. On his return, George studied law and
was admitted to the bar. In 1854 he became a reporter of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and, over the next 20
years, George prepared a 10-volume digest of its cases.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
George County was erected March 16, 1910, from parts of Greene and Jackson counties, and was named in honor of US
Senator James Zachariah George (1881-1897). State Supreme Court Justice in Mississippi, and U.S. Senator from
Mississippi. Known among his constituents as "the Great Commoner." Lucedale is the County seat.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 484 square miles (1,253 kmē), of which, 478
square miles (1,239 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (14 kmē) of it (1.10%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Greene County (north)
- Mobile County, Alabama (east)
- Jackson County (south)
- Stone County (west)
- Perry County (northwest)
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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