Welcome to Wayne County. The following information is provided to help new residents during their transition. Find contact information for a wide array of activities, from obtaining a driver’s license to setting up utility accounts by clicking on the links below.
- Mississippi Driver License
- New Car Tag (License Plate)
- Voter Registration
- Homestead Exemption
- Find a Wayne County-based Realtor
- Vital Records (births, deaths)
- The Wayne County News (local weekly newspaper)
- WABO 105.5 FM (local radio station)
- MDOTtraffic (website and app)
- Services (licensing agencies, directories, certifications and applications)
- Health and social services
- Working and doing business in Mississippi
- Census Bureau data on Wayne County
What services are available where I live?
Electrical service providers
Dixie Electric Power Association (rural central Wayne County)
Office address: 618 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-2072
Outages and after-hours telephone: 888-465-9209
Fax: 601-735-5697
Website: www.dixieepa.com
Dixie EPA service area map, click HERE.
East Mississippi Electric Power Association (northeast Wayne County)
Office address: 117 Carlson Avenue, Quitman, MS 39355
Telephone: 601-776-6271
Office Address: 2128 Highway 39 North, Meridian, MS 39301
Telephone: 601-581-8600
Website: www.emepa.com
EMEPA service area map, click HERE.
Mississippi Power Company (Waynesboro)
Customer Service address: P.O. Box 4079, Gulfport, MS 39502
Residential service telephone (7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday-Friday): 800-532-1502
Business service telephone (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday): 877-656-1836
Outages (24-hour response): 800-487-3275
Website: www.mississippipower.com
Singing River Electric Power Association (southern Wayne County)
Office address: 11187 Old Highway 63, Lucedale, MS 39452
Telephone: 601-947-4211
Office address: 39276 Highway 63 North, Richton, MS 39476
Telephone: 601-989-2345
Website: www.singingriver.com
Singing River service area map, click HERE.
Natural Gas
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District (Wayne and Clarke counties)
Office address: 609 Station Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-0920
Office address: 306 S. Archusa Avenue, Quitman, MS 39355
Telephone: 601-776-8886
Website: www.chicgas.com
Telephone
BellSouth Telecommunication LLC-AT&T
Address: 2310 Seventh Street, Meridian, MS 39301
Telephone: 601-592-6510; 601-917-8787
For information on home telephone service, click HERE.
Southeast Mississippi Telephone Company
10025 Investment Drive, Suite 200, Knoxville, TN 37932
Telephone: 865-671-4749
Water
Beat 3 Greene County Water System
Address: 39560 Highway 63 North, Richton, MS 39476
Telephone: 601-989-2850
Beaver Meadow Waterworks Association
Address: P.O. Box 414, Sandersville, MS 39477 (105 N. Front Street, Sandersville)
Telephone: 601-425-4452
Beaverdam Water Association
Address: P.O. Box 286, Vossburg, MS 39366 (1100 U.S. Highway 11, Heidelberg)
Telephone: 601-787-4714
Buckatunna Water Works Association
Address: P.O. Drawer 242, Buckatunna, MS 39322 (10 Water Works Road, Buckatunna)
Telephone: 601-648-2532
City of Waynesboro Water Department
Address: Waynesboro City Hall, 714 Wayne Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-4874
Clara Water Association
Address: P.O. Box 134, Clara, MS 39324 (81 Buckatunna-Chicora-Clara Road, Clara)
Telephone: 601-735-2428
East Quitman Water Association
Address: 962 County Road 670, Quitman, MS 39355
Telephone: 601-776-2775
Hiwannee Water Association
Address: 929 Wayne Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-5249
M & M Water Association
Address: P. O. Box 2611, Laurel, MS 39442 (8 Old Highway 84 East, Laurel)
Telephone: 601-425-1001
Southwest Wayne Water Association
Address: 1668 Highway 63, Waynesboro, MS 39367
601-735-4786
Whistler Water Association
Address: 5198 U.S. Highway 84, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-3531
Solid Waste Collection
Wayne County Solid Waste Department (outside of Waynesboro corporate limits)
Address: Wayne County Courthouse, 609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-6276
Email: solidwaste@waynecountyms.gov
Website: Wayne County Solid Waste Department
City of Waynesboro (inside corporate limits)
Address: Waynesboro City Hall, 714 Wayne Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 601-735-4874
The City of Waynesboro contracts with WastePro for streetside garbage collection with the municipality billing for waste pick-up on a monthly basis.
Internet service and cable television providers
DE FastLink (ISP for rural central Wayne County, outside Waynesboro corporate limits)
Telephone: 833-521-3278
Website: DE FastLink
See the DE Fastlink service area map by clicking HERE.
East Mississippi Connect (ISP for rural northeast Wayne County — Matherville, Coyt area)
Telephone: 601-581-8800
Website: East Mississippi Connect
See the East Mississippi Connect service area map by clicking HERE.
Sparklight (ISP and streaming TV for Waynesboro, Clara and Buckatunna areas)
Address: 309 Mississippi Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: 844-546-3278
Website: Sparklight internet and TV
For information on Sparklight services locally, click HERE.