Percy Quin State Park
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| Percy Quin State Park | |
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 Sunset at Percy Quin State Park, April 2017 | |
  Percy Quin State Park Location in Mississippi | |
| Location | Pike County, Mississippi, United States |
| Coordinates | 31°11′31″N 90°34′02″W / 31.191926°N 90.5671272°W[1] |
| Elevation | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Established | 1935 |
| Administered by | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks |
| Designation | Mississippi state park |
| Named for | U.S. Representative Percy Quin |
| Website | Official website  |
Percy Quin State Park is a public recreation area located off Interstate 55, approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of McComb, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 490-acre (200 ha) Lake Tangipahoa, an impoundment of the Tangipahoa River.[2]
The park is one of the nine original state parks built in Mississippi by the Civilian Conservation Corps.[3] Work on the park began in 1935, with the construction of the dam that created Lake Tangipahoa initiated in 1936.[4] The park was named after Mississippi politician Percy Quin.