Pine Ridge, Mississippi

Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community[citation needed] in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.

Located approximately 7 mi (11 km) northeast of Natchez, the settlement is older than the state of Mississippi.

[3] One of the first cotton gins in Mississippi was erected at Pine Ridge in 1798 by Thomas Wilkins.

[10] The first annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mississippi took place at the home of William Foster in Pine Ridge in 1816.

[13] A chapter of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry was formed in Pine Ridge in 1873.

Mount Repose in Pine Ridge was built in 1824 by William Bisland, a plantation owner. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . [ 4 ]
Map of Mississippi highlighting Adams County