State Line

History

A post office was established in 1856, and the town incorporated in 1875. State Line was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built through Mississippi in the 1850s. The next station north was in Eret, away.

Geography

State Line is located at (31.437799, -88.476104). The town is on the border between Wayne County on the north and Greene County on the south, with the town's area approximately equally in both. In the 2010 census, 304 of the town's 565 residents (53.8%) lived in Greene County and 261 (46.2%) in Wayne County. The town center is west of the Alabama–Mississippi border. U.S. Route 45 passes through the northeast corner of the town, leading northwest to Waynesboro, the Wayne County seat, and southeast to Mobile, Alabama. Mississippi Highway 57 passes through the east side of State Line, leading south to Leakesville, the Greene County seat. Mississippi Highway 42 passes through the center of State Line as St. Peter Street, leading west to Hattiesburg. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of State Line has a total area of , of which is land and (0.70%) is water.

Most-observed species

• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  32
• sweet pitcherplant

  Sarracenia rubra Walter · Magnoliopsida
  29
• Swallow-tailed Kite

  Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  25
• Cattle Egret

  Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  23
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  18
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  14
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  14

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2008-05-16
  10 km W of Coffeeville, Alabama
• M 3.3 — 2005-03-22
  9 km NNE of Coffeeville, Alabama
• M 3.3 — 2003-09-30
  10 km NNW of Atmore, Alabama
• M 2.9 — 2003-09-25
  14 km N of Atmore, Alabama