Pike County, Mississippi
Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324. The county seat is Magnolia. Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of the McComb, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. History
Pike County was formed from Marion County by an act of the Territorial General Assembly on December 9, 1815. Holmesville was selected as the county seat on December 11, 1816; it was named in honor of Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, an army officer killed in the War of 1812. In 1873 Magnolia was voted in as the new county seat. The county was devoted to agriculture and is still mostly rural. Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.4%) is water. Major highways

  Interstate 55
  U.S. Highway 51
  U.S. Highway 98
  Mississippi Highway 24
  Mississippi Highway 44
  Mississippi Highway 48
 Mississippi Highway 570
 Mississippi Highway 584

Adjacent counties
 Lincoln County (north)
 Walthall County (east)
 Washington Parish, Louisiana (southeast)
 Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (south)
 Amite County (west)

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 40,324 people, 14,404 households, and 8,528 families residing in the county. Communities

Cities
 Magnolia (county seat)
 McComb

Towns
 Osyka
 Summit

Census-designated place
 Fernwood

Unincorporated communities
 Chatawa
 Holmesville
 Kirkville
 Pricedale
 Progress
 Sherman

Politics
Pike County is a swing county in presidential elections; since 2000 it has voted Democratic four times and Republican twice. See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Mississippi
 Fernwood Lumber Company
 History of Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 by Luke W. Conerly 1909
 J. J. Carter, Pike County native who served in the late 19th century in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as mayor of Minden, Louisiana

References

External links
 
 Mississippi Courthouses – Pike County

 
Mississippi counties
McComb micropolitan area
1815 establishments in Mississippi Territory
Populated places established in 1815
Black Belt (U.S. region)
Majority-minority counties in Mississippi