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History · New Augusta

New Augusta’s post office opened in 1903

Most of New Augusta was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

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How New Augusta began

When was New Augusta founded?

1903

The New Augusta post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wingate (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 554123 years
Founding year: the first New Augusta post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Augusta’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of New Augusta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

New Augusta, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Augusta yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

New Augusta is a town in Perry County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 554 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Perry County. New Augusta is located about two miles south of "Old" Augusta, which was the county seat until 1906.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 644 to 554 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

New Augusta, 1902 to 1926

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Wingate post office opens
  3. 1903Post officeThe New Augusta post office opens
  4. 1926Post officeThe Wingate post office closes
By decade

New Augusta, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Perry County Mississippi Courthouse2007Perry County Mississippi Courthouse
Famous people

Famous people close to New Augusta

Nobody well known was born in New Augusta itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Leontyne PriceAfrican-American soprano · b. 1927
Ray WalstonAmerican actor · b. 1914
Lance BassAmerican singer, dancer, actor, and film and te… · b. 1979
Marsha BlackburnAmerican businesswoman and politician · b. 1952
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Fred ArmisenAmerican comedian, actor and musician · b. 1966
Ralph BostonOlympic athlete · b. 1939
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

New Augusta’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Wingate, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Wingate
1902–1926
New Augusta
1903–today
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Wingate
1cemetery inside New Augusta
New Augusta

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about New Augusta’s history

What year was New Augusta founded?

The New Augusta post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.