Claiborne County

Population: 230 in 1900

                   300 in 1910

                   218 in 1920

Town incorporated:  3-15-1886

Post office: 8-16-1880 to present

Railroads: NJ&C- Y&MV- IC- ICG

Town Northeast- St. Elmo

Milepost 49.5

(from Jackson)

Next Town Southwest- Pattison

1926 soil survey map

1963 USGS topo map

INDUSTRY -

1915 Valuation Map Illinois Central Historical Society Collection   Click map for larger version

Y&MV depot at Hermanville, MS in 1915. ICC Valuation Photo Illinois Central Historical Society Collection

Pump house at Hermanville in 1915. ICC Valuation Photo Illinois Central Historical Society Collection

Railroad water tank at Hermanville in 1915. ICC Valuation Photo Illinois Central Historical Society Collection

BUSINESSES in 1890 per Dun & Bradstreet:

B. Adler- general store

Barlow & Robertson- general store

S. E. Dudley, Jr. & Co.- general store

M. L. Dugan- general store

Isaac Fife- saloon

W. G. Herrington- general store

Mrs. E. J. McVoy- general store

J. D. Millsaps (near)- general store

J. P. Wilson (near)- general store

M. Abraham- general store

F. A. Adams- grocery & meat

T. F. Clark- general store

T. P. Clark- general store

W. A. Fife- general store

R. H. Haley- grocery & confections

Hermanville Drug Co.

Mrs. D. Lofton- millinery

B. F. Luster (near)- general store & planter

People's Warehouse Co.

Sugg & Lehmann- general store

George A. Taylor- general store

W. G. Thomas- general store

S. T. Trim- general store

B. Tuccio- grocery