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Picayune, Mississippi. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Pearl River. Associated ZIP codes: 39466.
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Tropical Storm Arthur unleashed historic flooding in southern Mississippi, including in Picayune, Saucier and the Hancock County community of Jourdan River S...
Mississippi emergency officials continue to monitor the fragile dam at Anchor Lake in Picayune, Mississippi, as concerns persist about its stability.
Heavy rain stalled over Picayune, Mississippi Tuesday morning, leaving homes, businesses and streets flooding.
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CARRIERE, Miss. (WLOX) — Blueberry season is in full swing across South Mississippi, and local farmers are harvesting one of the state’s most important f...
A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 6 a.m. Monday, has claimed the life of a Carriere, Miss., man.
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Dominant defense and Manning's 3 TD passes send No. 11 Texas past Mississippi State 31-3
Richard Holmes did not choose to integrate Mississippi State University on July 19, 1965, lightly; he seriously reflected on the fates of those who had gone...
Following quarterback John Mateer's best performance of the season, the Oklahoma Sooners look to notch another win in SEC play this weekend as South Carolina...
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Picayune is in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
Region: Mississippi Gulf Coast
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Dominant defense and Manning's 3 TD passes send No. 11 Texas past Mississippi State 31-3
Richard Holmes did not choose to integrate Mississippi State University on July 19, 1965, lightly; he seriously reflected on the fates of those who had gone...
Following quarterback John Mateer's best performance of the season, the Oklahoma Sooners look to notch another win in SEC play this weekend as South Carolina...
Picayune takes its name from a newspaper, which took its name from a coin. The picayune was a Spanish coin worth half a real, or one-sixteenth of a Spanish dollar, and the word came to mean something of little value. In late 1883 or early 1884 the town was named by Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, a former local resident who owned and published the New Orleans Daily Picayune. Nicholson, who wrote poetry as "Pearl Rivers," was a pioneer in opening journalism to women.
Picayune grew as a lumber and tung-oil center and was incorporated in 1904. In 1940 Donald H. Robertson painted the mural Lumber Region of Mississippi for the local post office under the federal government's New Deal art program; it was later covered over. Picayune is now the largest city in Pearl River County. When Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005, its eyewall passed over the city, and high winds damaged roofs, windows and thousands of trees, but because the damage was less severe than nearby, Picayune became a temporary home for many people displaced from New Orleans and the Mississippi coast. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Picayune (Mississippi Historical Commission) Wikipedia: Picayune, Mississippi
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