Paul B. Johnson State Park
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| Paul B. Johnson State Park | |
|---|---|
 Picnic area at Geiger Lake | |
  Paul B. Johnson State Park Location in Mississippi | |
| Location | McLaurin, Mississippi, United States |
| Coordinates | 31°08′29″N 89°14′14″W / 31.141423°N 89.237266°W[1] |
| Area | 805 acres (326 ha) |
| Elevation | 220 ft (67 m) |
| Administered by | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks |
| Designation | Mississippi state park |
| Named for | Governor Paul B. Johnson |
| Website | Official website  |
Paul B. Johnson State Park is a public recreation area on the shores of Geiger Lake, located off U.S. Highway 49 in McLaurin, Mississippi, 12 miles (19 km) south of Hattiesburg. The state park is named after Paul B. Johnson, the forty-sixth governor of Mississippi.
The park is situated on rolling hills that contain flowering dogwoods, southern yellow pines, and oaks. Geiger Lake, once known as Lake Shelby, was constructed during the mid-1940s using German prisoner of war labor by POWs housed at Camp Shelby.[2]
