[2] Early in the 20th century, Ten Mile had a post office and railroad station.

[3] Ten Mile developed along the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (now Kansas City Southern Railroad) as a sawmill community, and was the site of Ten Mile Lumber Company from 1899 to 1922.

[4] In 1937, Dantzler built a new sawmill and office at Ten Mile, on the site of the former mill.

In 1946, Dantzler moved their headquarters from Moss Point, Mississippi to Ten Mile.

Stone County's 80-acre (32 ha) Industrial Park and Bond-Saucier Cemetery are also located in the Ten Mile community.