page_title: Beatrice, Mississippi
hierarchical_section_title: Beatrice, Mississippi
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Beatrice community located in Stone County, Mississippi, USA.
context_page_description: Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, and is located approximately 23 mi southeast of Wiggins. Beatrice is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The main period of significance was between 1894 and 1915.
  Surrounded by the De Soto National Forest, Beatrice has long been a timber and sawmill community. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Beatrice Sawmill served as a distribution center for portable sawmills that were needed to convert storm-ravaged trees into lumber.
  Little Creek Baptist Church and headquarters for Red Creek Wildlife Management Area are located in the Beatrice community.
context_section_description: Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, and is located approximately 23 mi (37 km) southeast of Wiggins. Beatrice is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.  The main period of significance was between 1894 and 1915.
  Surrounded by the De Soto National Forest, Beatrice has long been a timber and sawmill community.  In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Beatrice Sawmill served as a distribution center for portable sawmills that were needed to convert storm-ravaged trees into lumber.
  Little Creek Baptist Church and headquarters for Red Creek Wildlife Management Area are located in the Beatrice community.
caption: Aerial view of Beatrice community
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