Lowndes County is bounded by beginning at the southwest corner of section eighteen, township nineteen, range sixteen, east; thence east to the southwest corner of section fourteen, township nineteen, range sixteen, east; to Catalpa creek; thence down its meanderings to its junction with Tibbee creek; thence with Tibbee creek to its junction with the Tombigbee River; thence with it, and by the middle thereof, to the mouth of Buttahatchie River; thence up said river with its meanderings to a point immediately west of Robinson's bluff, which point is where the middle line (east and west) of the north half of south half of section 21, township 15, range 17 west intersects with the center line of said Buttahatchie River, thence due east to Robinson's bluff, and continuing east along the subdivision line named across sections 21, 22, 23, and 24, township 15, range 17 west, and across section 19, township 15, range 16 west to Mississippi and Alabama State line; thence southerly with said line to the line between townships sixteen and seventeen, north; thence west on said township line to the southwest corner of township seventeen, range sixteen, east; thence north on the line between line to the line between townships sixteen and seventeen, north; thence west on said township line to the southwest corner of township seventeen, range sixteen, east; thence north on the line between ranges fifteen and sixteen to the beginning. The county site is Columbus.Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 41; 1871, § 58; 1880, § 62; 1892, § 386; 1906, § 450; Hemingway's 1917, § 3870; 1930, § 3931; 1942, § 3066; Laws, 1/30/1830; Laws, 1944, ch. 409.
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