Gwin, Mississippi

Holmes County

Population:   in 1900

                     in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  no

Post office:  no

Railroads: Y&MV- IC- ICG- IC- CN

 

Next Town North- Tchula

Next Town East- Vulcan

 

Old Milepost 71.7

(from Jackson, MS)

New Milepost 148.3

(from Memphis, TN via Marks)

 

Next Town South- Shackleford

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1975 view of Gwin depot.

 

 

Y&MV roundhouse at Gwin in 1917.
 

 

Y&MV depot at the division point yard at Gwin, Miss. in June 1981.

  

 

1920 Y&MV track profile updated to 1939- Collection of Robert Tomb

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

  

 

  

 
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