Local Area
Shopping
Gloster
- Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store
- United Mississippi Bank
- Trustmark Bank
- Dollar General/Family Dollar
- B-Kwik Convenience Store
- Carquest Auto Parts
- The HummingBird Fine Gifts and Florist
Centreville
- Twice The Ice
- Strut-clothing, caps, t shirts, gifts
- Jelks Family Pharmacy Cinch, Ariat, shoes, gifts, Case Knives, Twisted X
- Centreville Motor Company, Ford
- Dalton’s Farm Supply-tires and repair, oil change, brakes
Food/Restaurants
Gloster
- LaCabana Mexican Restaurant
- Snowballs & More
- B-Kwik Convenience Store-chicken and pizza
- Tweeky’s
Centreville
- Vines Restaurant, BBQ, Hot Bar, Quality Meats-menu and daily buffet, Friday and Saturday night buffets
- Crown B Nutrition, healthy teas and shakes
- The Orchard Cafe-menu and daily specials
- B-Qwik Convenience Store-chicken and pizza
Liberty
- Miss K’s Home Plate-daily lunch specials and menu
- El Dorado Mexican Grill
- Rockin’ K Drive In-old fashioned burgers, ice cream, menu
Medical
Gloster
- Gloster Clinic
- Gloster Discount Pharmacy
Centreville
- Field Health Systems Hospital
- Centreville Clinic
- Field Specialty Clinic
- Jelks Family Pharmacy
Leisure Activities
- Pine Hills Country Club and Golf Course Gloster
- Homochitto National Forest
- Gloster Arboretum
- Camp Van Dorn World War II Museum Centreville
- Center Point Wellness Track Centreville
- Jerry Clower Museum near Liberty
- Percy Quinn State Park McComb
- Quail Hollow Country Club and Golf Course 1102 Percy Quin Drive McComb, MS 39648
- Oak Lake Golf Course 9097 LA Hwy. 67 Clinton, LA
- Duncan Park Golf Course 57 Duncan Park Road Natchez, MS
- Middlefork Country Club and Golf Course Rt. 2 Bunkley Road Meadville, MS
- The Bluffs on Thompson Creek 14233 Sunrise Way St. Francisville, LA
- Audubon State Historic Site 11788 LA Hwy. 965 St. Francisville, LA
- Natchez Trace Parkway
- Antebellum Home Tours St. Francisville, LA and Natchez
History
Established in 1809, Amite County, MS has been home to a variety of personalities, including the notorious Jerry Clower. Join us in celebrating its history.
Amite County, established in 1809, was the fifth county formed in the Mississippi Territory. In 1799, Mississippi Territorial Governor Sargent issued a proclamation dividing the original Natchez Territory into the southern or lower division, to be called the County of Adams, and the northern or upper division to be called Pickering. In 1802 Wilkinson County was established from Adams County; in this same period of time, Jefferson and Claiborne counties were established from Pickering County On February 24, 1809, the general assembly of the Mississippi Territory enacted the division of Wilkinson County and the establishment of Amite.
The name Amite was given because of the river by that name which flows through the county which had been named by the French in commemoration of the friendly manner in which they had been received by the [Houma] Indians living along the river.