Clarke
County was established December 23, 1833 and
was created from the Choctaw Cession of
1830. It was named in honor of Judge Joshua
G. Clarke, the first Chancellor of the
State. Its southern line which divides it
from Wayne County marks the old Choctaw
boundary.
The county seat is Quitman, located at the
center of the county on the line of the
Mobile & Ohio railway. The site was owned
and laid off into lots by Gen. John Watts,
afterwards Circuit Judge. It was named for
Gen. John A. Quitman, second Chancellor of
the State, afterwards governor and a
prominent officer in the Mexican war. Two
more of the important towns in the county
are Stonewall and Enterprise, in the
northern part of the county on the line of
the Mobile & Ohio, containing 1,000
inhabitants. The Chickasawhay River flows
through the center of the county, and, with
its numerous tributaries, provides ample
water facilities. All the waters of the
county flow southward, and join the
Pascagoula River in Greene County.
Clarke County is bordered by
Lauderdale
County (north), Choctaw County, Alabama
(east), Wayne County (south) and
Jasper
County (west) . Cities and Towns include
Enterprise, Pachuta, Quitman, Shubuta and
Stonewall .
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