Welcome to Pearl River County, Mississippi History & Genealogy Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Part of the Genealogy Trails History Group Volunteers dedicated to putting Historical and Genealogical information online for the FREE use of all researchers. Pearl River County is located on the southwest border of Mississippi. The county seat is Poplarville. Pearl River's adjacent counties in Mississippi are: Forrest, Hancock, Lamar, Marion, Stone Pearl River's adjacent counties in Louisiana are: St. Tammany Parish, Washington Parish Communities within the county include: Lumberton, Picayune, Poplarville Pearl River County was organized in 1890, formed by land taken from Marion and Hancock counties. It was originally formed in 1872 as Pearl County, but due to financial problems, was abolished in 1878. The "Pearl River" is the river that serves as the lower boundary between Mississippi and Louisiana, near the Gulf of Mexico. Early History Biographies Census Records Other Pearl River Communities Surnames Military Old Photos Obituaries     Cemeteries The Pearl River Marriages Pearl River County Newspaper Excerpts   Latest UPDATES to this site! Pearl River County Volunteer Host Denise Burge We welcome your contributions! Regretfully we are unable to perform personal research. Return to the Mississippi state page Visit the Genealogy Trails main page Search The State Of Mississippi (Or search all of the Genealogy Trails state pages here.) State Selection: AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Advanced Search Powered by FreeFind If you would like to stay informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists. Mississippi is covered under our "Southern" states mailing list. Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.