Hamlet, Mississippi
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Jasper County Population: 50 in 1900 Town incorporated: Post office: 12-21-1882 to 2-29-1908 Railroads: MJ&KC- NOM&C- GM&N- GM&O
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Next Town North- Stevens Milepost Milepost 138.0 app on valuation map (from Mobile) Next Town South- Bay Springs |
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1964 USGS topo map |
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HISTORY by Tony Howe:
Hamlet was the location of a post office from 1882 until at least 1908. The Waters Lumber Co. operated a mill at Hamlet from 1906 to 1908 and employed 30. It did not operate a logging railroad. Joe Blankenship moved a mill here in 1913 and had a capacity of 35,000 feet a day and employed 50. INDUSTRY (per Dun & Bradstreet)- |
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1917 GM&N Track Chart & Profile
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BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- W. Ainsworth, Est., general store 1900 not listed 1910
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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net