Ten Mile, Mississippi facts for kids
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Ten Mile, Mississippi
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Aerial view of Ten Mile community
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 Ten Mile, Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
Ten Mile, Mississippi
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Stone |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
39573
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| Area code(s) | Area code 601 |
| GNIS feature ID | 678623 |
Ten Mile, also known as Tenmile, is a small place in Stone County, Mississippi, United States. It's called an unincorporated community, which means it's a group of homes and businesses that isn't officially a town or city with its own local government.
Ten Mile is about 1.15 miles (1.85 km) south of Perkinston, Mississippi. It's also part of the larger Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. This area includes several cities and towns that are connected by jobs and daily life. Ten Mile was especially important between 1904 and 1923.
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History of Ten Mile
Early Days and the Sawmill
In the early 1900s, Ten Mile was a busy place. It had its own post office and a train station. The community grew up around the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, which is now the Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Ten Mile became known as a sawmill community. A sawmill is a factory where logs are cut into lumber, which is wood used for building. The Ten Mile Lumber Company operated here from 1899 to 1922.
This company was officially started in 1903. It was very productive, cutting about 60,000 to 75,000 board feet of southern yellow pine lumber every day. A board foot is a way to measure wood, equal to a piece of wood 1 foot long, 1 foot wide, and 1 inch thick. Southern yellow pine is a type of strong wood common in the southern United States.
Changes in Ownership
In 1910, the Ten Mile Lumber Company was sold to the L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company. Dantzler continued to run the sawmill until 1922, when it finally closed down.
Years later, in 1937, Dantzler built a new sawmill and office right where the old one used to be. Then, in 1946, Dantzler moved their main office, or headquarters, from Moss Point, Mississippi to Ten Mile.
The new mill kept producing southern pine lumber until 1949. At that point, Dantzler decided to stop cutting down trees and making lumber. Instead, they focused on tree farming, which means growing trees as a crop for future use. Even though they stopped the sawmill, the company still used their Ten Mile office.
Later Years
In 1966, the L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company was sold again, this time to International Paper Company. International Paper used the Ten Mile office to keep an eye on their large areas of forest, called timberland, in southern Mississippi. They continued to do this through the end of the 20th century.
Community Life
Beyond the lumber industry, Ten Mile has a strong community spirit. The Ten Mile Baptist Church was started in 1870 and is still active today. The community also has the Stone County Industrial Park, which is an 80-acre (32 ha) area for businesses. The Bond-Saucier Cemetery is also located in Ten Mile.
Transportation
- Highway: U.S. Route 49
- Railroad: Kansas City Southern Railroad
Gallery
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Ten Mile Baptist Church
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Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery
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Stone County Industrial Park
