WELCOME TO STONE COUNTY, MS.

STONE COUNTY TIMELINE

	1805		Choctaws ceded land to U.S and it became part of the Mississippi Territory
	1817		Mississippi became a state and Stone County area part of Jackson County
	1830		First settlers came to this area
	1841		Stone county area included in land taken from Jackson County to form Harrison County
	1880		Perkinston, oldest settlement in Stone County, homesteaded by a Mr. Perkins.
	1883		McHenry, located near county's southern border, settled by Dr. George McHenry.
	1886		Madison Hatten homesteaded 160 acres in what was then north central Harrison County. A village established named Niles City.
	1894		First store opened by Milton Robertson.
	1896		Gulf & Ship Island Railroad line from Gulfport to Hattiesburg
	1902		One of south's largest paper mills, Finkbine Lumber Co., built at Wiggins
	1911		Harrison County Agricultural High School established at Perkinston
	1912		Finkbine Lumber Co and Mississippi Farms Co. started a pickle factory
	1916		Stone county officially organized on May 10 as Mississippi's 81st county
	1918		Stone County Court House completed (cost $29,515.18 and still in use today.)
	1999		Stone County Economic Development Partnership (SCEDP) is organized under the general laws of Mississippi as a not-for-profit corporation as authorized by Senate Bill 3072, Mississippi Legislature

 

Type of Census	Year	Residents
First Town Census of Wiggins	1910	980
Stone County Census	1920	6,528
Stone County Census	1930	5,704
Stone County Census	1940	6,155
Stone County Census	1950	6,264
Stone County Census	1960	7,013
Stone County Census	1970	8,101
Stone County Census	1980	9,747
Stone County Census	1990	10,750
Stone County Census	2000	13,622

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