Basic, Mississippi

Clarke County

Population: 

Town incorporated:  no

Post office: 8-24-1900 to 6-5-1945

Railroads: NO&NE- SOU- NS

                  

Next Town North- Bullard

 

M&O Milepost 123.90

(from Mobile, Ala.)

NO&NE Milepost 11.8

(from Meridian)

 

Next Town South- Enterprise

1914 soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: The M&O Railroad called this location Basic City, while the NO&NE simply called it Basic. 

INDUSTRY -

1916 M&O Valuation Map            click map for larger version               Tony Howe Collection

 1927 NO&NE  valuation map revisions up to 1990

1927 NO&NE  valuation map revisions up to 1990

1927 NO&NE  valuation map revisions up to 1990
BUSINESSES per Dun & Bradstreet:

Bullard Bros.- sawmill 1910-11-

Kimbrell & McRae- general store 1910-11-

R. R. Scruggs- general store 1910-11-

Ed White- sawmill 1910-11-

 

 

  

 

  

 
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