Perry County, MS

Headnote
PERRY COUNTY, situated in the southeast part Mississippi, and traversed by Leaf river. Area, 1,044 square miles. Face of the country, hilly; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Augusta. Pop. in 1820, 2,037; in 1830, 2,300; in 1840, 1,889; in 1850, 2,438. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Perry County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
PERRY COUNTY, situated in the southeast part Mississippi, and traversed by Leaf river. Area, 1,044 square miles. Face of the country, hilly; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Augusta. Pop. in 1820, 2,037; in 1830, 2,300; in 1840, 1,889; in 1850, 2,438.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 286.
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