Copiah County is bounded by beginning where the line between townships two and three intersects the old Choctaw boundary; thence east on said township line to Pearl River; thence down said river, with its meanderings, to the old Choctaw boundary; thence southwesterly with said boundary line to the line between townships eight and nine; thence west with said township line to the northeast corner of section three, township eight, range eight, east; thence south to the southeast corner of said section; thence west to the southwest corner of section four of said township; thence north to the line between townships eight and nine; thence west to the Choctaw boundary line; thence northerly with said boundary line to the beginning. The county site is Hazlehurst.