Fun Fact: Stone County in the Mississippi Code

Map_of_Mississippi_highlighting_Stone_County

While it was the will of the people to create a new county from Harrison County, this officially occurred by act of the Mississippi Legislature in 1916.

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-131. Stone County.

Stone County is bounded by beginning at the northwest corner of section six, township two, south, range thirteen, west; thence running south along the eastern boundary line of Pearl River County to the southwest corner of section thirty-one, township four, south, range thirteen, west; thence running east to the southeast corner of section thirty-six, township four, south, range thirteen, west; thence running north to the northeast corner of section twenty-five, township four, south, range thirteen, west; thence running east to the southeast corner of section twenty-one, township four, south, range nine, west; thence running north along the eastern boundary line of Jackson and George Counties to the northeast corner of section four, township two, south, range nine, west; thence running west to the point of beginning. The county site is Wiggins.

HISTORY: SOURCES: Codes, Hemingway’s 1917, § 3892; 1930, § 3953; 1942, § 3088; Laws, 1916, ch. 527.

Fun Fact: Wiggins School 1905

Wiggins High School 1905
Wiggins High School 1905

Did you realize the original Wiggins High School was a boarding school? Built in 1905 on the location where Blaylock Park now exists, this school was for boys and girls. Note this was still while Wiggins was a part of Harrison County!

Fun Fact – MGCCC

Did you know that Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College originated as the Harrison County Agricultural High School in 1911. Citizens in Perkinston donated land and funding for the school. School opened for the first time on September 17, 1912 in Huff Hall.

For more information on the history of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, check out this link from their website: http://www.mgccc.edu/The_College/history.php.