Welcome to Pearl River County ...

Time Zone: Pearl River County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Poplarville is the Seat for Pearl River County.

Pearl River County was founded in 1890. Pearl River was created by taking area from Hancock and Marion Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Pearl River had a population of 55,752 people. This is a decrease of 0.15% since the last Census (which gave a population of 55,834 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Pearl River represented 1.88% of the total population of Mississippi.

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to Mississippi
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  • Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History

• Websites specific to Pearl River County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Lamar County
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  • Forrest County
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  • Stone County
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  • Hancock County
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  • Saint Tammany Parish
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  • Washington Parish
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  • Marion County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cemeteries of Pearl River County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cemeteries of Pearl River County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.