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• Neshoba  County  was  established  by  the  Mississippi  legislature  on  December  23  1833.  The  word  Neshoba  is  believed  to  be  derived  from  an  Indian  word  for  wolf.  Philadelphia  became  the  county  seat  of  Neshoba  County  on  August  15  1837.  The  Pearl  River,  which  flows  east  to  west  through  Neshoba  County,  was  an  important  waterway  for  early  settlers,  especially  between  1830  and  1860.  It  reportedly  took  15  days  to  travel  by  keel  boat  from  Philadelphia  to  Jackson  and  about  30  days  of  vigorous  labor  to  bring  a  keel  boat  upstream  from  Jackson  to  Philadelphia.

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