Local city information for Poplarville, MS

Poplarville is a city in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,601. It is the county seat of Pearl River County.

It is the host to the annual Blueberry Jubilee. This event is known for its rides, craft vendors, rodeos, and much more.

• Theodore G. Bilbo, US senator, was born near Poplarville in 1877.

• Larkin I. Smith was born in Poplarville in June 1944.

• On the night of April 24, 1959, Mack Charles Parker, an African-American, was abducted from the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville by a white mob and shot to death. His body was found in the Pearl River 10 days later. The FBI investigated and even obtained confessions from some of the eight white suspects. However, the county prosecutor refused to present evidence to a state grand jury and a federal grand jury refused to indict. The case focused national attention on the persistence of lynching in the South and helped accelerate the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

• On September 5, 2005, Poplarville played host to a visit by George W. Bush, Laura Bush, and Governor Haley Barbour. The politicians visited Pearl River Community College in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

• On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina inflicted heavy damage on the small town. The storm's most powerful unofficially recorded gust of wind was reported at Pearl River Community College, at .

• On September 2, 2005, the 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery (Ohio Army National Guard) arrived at the National Guard armory in Poplarville to assist the community and Pearl River County in recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Initial efforts were the security of banks, pharmacies and gas stations as well as initial responses to rural emergencies. The unit stayed for three weeks ultimately checking on every family and structure in the county.

• On December 21, 2006, an early morning fire destroyed 3 downtown buildings.

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