McDonald, Mississippi
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Neshoba County Population: 1910- 125 per Dun 1950- 150 Town incorporated: Post office: 10-1-1909 to 12-31-1959 |
Next Town North- Deemer
Milepost 185.8 in 1905 Milepost 187.3 Milepost 187.30 on valuation map (from Mobile)
Next Town South- Neshoba |
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1915 soil survey map |
1972 USGS topo map |
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HISTORY by Tony Howe: The post office was originally called "Engine."
In 1915, McDonald had 13 mercantile stores, 2 wholesale business firms,
McDonald Cabinet Works, a cotton gin, grist mill, blacksmith shop, drug
store, 2 churches, a school, post office, ice house, boarding house, hotel,
and approximately 100 houses. By the mid-1940's the only places left were
two stores, cotton gin, post office, church, and pulpwood yard.
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1917 GM&N Track Chart & Profile |
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| BUSINESSES (per RG Dun & Co)-
T. O. Cooper- sawmill 1910 McDonald Grocery Store- 1910 F. E. McKee- general store 1910 Isaac P. Mason & Son- general store 1910
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additional info, we would love to hear from you! We are always looking for
additional photos, too. Find our contact info below.
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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net