Stone County (Miss.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מחוז סטון (מיסיסיפי)
Name (Latin)
Stone County (Miss.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Stone Co., Miss
Coordinates
-89.12 -89.12 30.79 30.79 (gooearth )
W0890759 W0890759 N0304853 N0304853 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 157131714
Wikidata: Q490255
Library of congress: n 82128007
OCoLC: oca00824304
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 30°48ʹ53ʺN 089°07ʹ59ʺW)
  • Tobin (Edgar) Aerial Surveys, San Antonio. Stone County, Mississippi, c1951.
  • 1978 census of ... 1980 (subj.)t.p. (Stone County, Miss.)
  • Rand McNally, 1982(Stone [County], Mississippi)

Wikipedia description:

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.

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