Ackerman, Mississippi
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Choctaw County Population: 1900- 705 1910- 1398 1920- 1264 1930- 1169 1940- 1528 Town incorporated: 2-16-1884 Post office: July 18, 1883 to present |
GM&N Next Town North- Williams IC Next Town Northeast- Tuscan
IC Milepost 50.22 (from Aberdeen Jct. (S. Durant) GM&N Milepost 237.4 in 1905 (from Mobile)
GM&N Next Town South- Tollison IC Next Town Southwest- Fentress |
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1920 soil survey map |
1972 USGS topo map |
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1916 Valuation map click map for larger version Richard Spencer Collection |
1916 Valuation map click map for larger version Richard Spencer Collection |
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1916 Valuation map click map for larger version Richard Spencer Collection Illinois Central depot area |
1917 Valuation Map click map for larger version David Bridges Collection |
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1917 Valuation Map click map for larger version David Bridges Collection |
1917 GM&N Track Chart & Profile
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HISTORY by Tony Howe:
The second railroad through Ackerman was completed in 1904-05 through Pontotoc, Houston, Ackerman and Louisville by the Gulf & Chicago Railroad, which was controlled by the Mobile Jackson & Kansas City RR until the two railroads merged on December 1, 1909 to form the New Orleans Mobile & Chicago Railroad. This railroad was reorganized on January 1, 1917 to become the Gulf Mobile & Northern Railroad. This railroad, in turn, merged with the Mobile & Ohio on September 13, 1940 to form the Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad. This railroad operated until it was merged with the Illinois Central Railroad on August 10, 1972 to form Illinois Central Gulf RR. The remainder of the former GM&O lines in Mississippi was sold off by ICG to the newly formed Gulf & Mississippi Railroad on July 10, 1985. Gulf & Mississippi RR was bought by Midsouth Rail on April 14, 1988, which was then bought by Kansas City Southern RR in 1994. KCS continues to operate the line between Ackerman and Newton today. ICG received permission to abandon the railroad from Woodland to Ackerman on December 14, 1981, and was officially abandoned on March 1, 1982. INDUSTRY (per Dun & Bradstreet)- |
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1907 photo of MJ&KC ten-wheeler No. 75 in front of the Ackerman depot. From GM&N News |
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Illinois Central depot in Ackerman in 1917. |
By the 1970's, ICG had replaced the IC depot with this small building. |
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IC 2-8-2 1592 westbound approaching the water tank at Ackerman, MS about 1954. |
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After taking water, 1592 pulls away from the water tank and crosses the GM&O at Ackerman. |
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BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- John Adams, general store and mill 1900 Gus Bains & Co., hardware 1900 Barron & Naugle, general store 1900 I. M. Berman, D. G. and shoes 1900 Lee Black, general store 1900 A. Blanton (near), general store 1900 Blumenfield & Fried, general store 1900 E. E. Buck, drugs & grocery 1900 James P. Cagle, blacksmith 1900 E. Childress, grist mill & gin 1900 L. T. Gaines, general store (also McCool) 1900 M. Gayarre, grocery 1900 Grenada Bank (Ackerman Branch), 1900 W. A. Hanna & Co., general store 1900 J. W. Harmon, general store 1900 J. M. Harris, job printer 1900 H. A. Hearon, Jr., buggies 1900 H. A. Hearon, Sr., hotel 1900 W. T. Hunt, general store 1900 J. Kolb, general store 1900 T. F. McGee (near), mill & farming 1900 Frank Micon, general store & restaurant 1900 B. H. Paslay & Co., drugs 1900 J. L. Power, blacksmith 1900 Dr. R. K. Prewett, drugs 1900 D. H. Quinn, general store 1900 R. E. Quinn, general store 1900 W. W. Riley, furn. & undertaker 1900 Seward & Co., general store 1900 Seward & Gaston, fertilizers 1900 Thomas & Childress, restaurant 1900 Mrs. M. M. Tomlinson & Co., hotel & millinery 1900 Moses Traub, general store 1900 A. L. Weeks & Co., grocery 1900 Lewis Yeager & Son, livery 1900
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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net