Parker, Mississippi

Adams County

Population: 

Town incorporated:  no

Post office: no

Railroads: N&E- MSC- ICG

Next Town East- Washington

 

 Milepost 145.0

(from Hattiesburg)

 

Next Town West- St. Catherine

 

1912 soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

Parker was a spur on the Mississippi Central Railroad from 1910 to 1948. There never was much of a community here. According to Brieger it was named for R. Lee Parker, who owned the Natchez Dressed Beef Co. that used the spur to ship cattle. 

INDUSTRY-

ICC Valuation Map 1918 Richard Spencer Collection

 

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