Port Gibson, Mississippi

Claiborne County

Population:   1524 in 1890

                     2113 in 1900

                     2252 in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  3-12-1803

Post office:  12-6-1803 to present

Railroads: NOBRV&M- LNO&T- Y&MV- IC- ICG

 

Next Town North-  Oaklawn

 

Milepost 249.7

(from Memphis, TN)

 

Next Town South- Gordon

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

Port Gibson depot about 1890. Note LNO&T boxcar with emblem! 

 

Former Y&MV depot at Port Gibson on October 24, 1992. 

 

  

 

 

  

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

  

 

  

 
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