Stone County Economic Development Partnership

Stone County History

Stone County Timeline

A Timeline of Stone County
	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

419 S. Vardaman St., Wiggins, MS 39577
P. O. Box 569, Wiggins, MS 39577
601.928.5418 o 601.928.6469 f
Email: SCEDP