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In 1899, the Pearl River Lumber Company established the mill town of Pearlhaven. Pearlhaven was incorporated in 1901 with 310 residents, who elected a mayor, board of aldermen, and marshal that same year. The town included a hotel, three churches, 235 employee houses, and a standard gauge railroad. By 1903, the population had grown to more than 1,000. When the company was sold in 1905, the mill property and houses were auctioned off, and Pearlhaven was annexed into Brookhaven in 1912.
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Brookhaven, Mississippi · United States
