Oakley, Mississippi

Hinds County

Population: 150 in 1920

Town incorporated:  

Post office: 8-7-1840 to 2-3-1842

                    11-20-1882 to 3-23-1945

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

                  

Town Northeast- Raymond

 

Milepost 20.8

(from Jackson)

 

Next Town Southwest- Learned

1916 soil survey map

1963 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1915 ICC valuation map Illinois Central Historical Society Collection   Click Map for large version

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
BUSINESSES in 1890 per Dun & Bradstreet:

W. R. Moss- general store 

W. R. Sivley- general store

 

 

 

 BUSINESSES in 1920 per Dun & Bradstreet:

J. R. Bryant (near)- general store

W. N. Clark- general store & farmer

W. R. Moss & Son (near)- general store & planters

 

 

  

 
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