Amite County, Mississippi

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Amite County is a county located in the state of Mississippi on its southern border with Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,720. Its county seat is Liberty. The county is named after the Amite River, which runs through the county.

Amite County courthouse in Liberty

Amite Female Seminary, commonly known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse," established in 1853

Illicium floridanum, Florida anise or stinkbush, a plant species endemic to the southeastern U.S.

Bottomland mixed hardwood-spruce pine forest along the West Fork Amite River

Liberty, Mississippi

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Liberty is a town in Amite County, Mississippi. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi micropolitan statistical area. It is the county seat of Amite County.

Amite County Courthouse in Liberty

Erected in 1871, the Confederate Monument in Liberty was the first in Mississippi.

Amite Female Seminary, commonly known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse," established in 1853 and spared during the Civil War

Liberty (Rexall) Drug Store, Main Street