When Albert J. Dunlap downsized the company and closed the plant, 300 people lost their jobs.

The last workers left the plant at the same time that Dunlap was negotiating a new contract for himself, worth over $46 million.

[8] More recently, the Hol-Mac Corporation has located light industrial/manufacturing facilities in and around the Bay Springs area.

[10] Georgia-Pacific Corporation has long had facilities to handle lumber and timber processing in the Bay Springs area.

Originally there were limited roads from east to west across the county, and the two seats served local people.

[12] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.