Liberty

The act that created Amite County in 1809 told five commissioners to find a county seat near the center and near a good spring, and to call it Liberty. The town incorporated that year. In the 1850s the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind, sang at the Walsh building, and Gail Borden, who later perfected condensed milk, had lived here from 1822 to 1829. Many Amite families moved west in the 1820s to the Atascosito district northeast of Houston, and Liberty, Texas, is thought to be named for this town.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Homochitto National Forest — 21 mi
  A 191,839-acre national forest in seven southwest Mississippi counties, replanted by the Civilian Conservation Corps, with Clear Springs and the 1,075-acre Okhissa Lake.

More markers nearby

• Amite County Courthouse — steps away
• Confederate Monument — steps away
• Amite Female Seminary — 0.3 mi
• Europe Bates School — 9.4 mi