Sidon, Mississippi

Leflore County

Population:   119 in 1890

                     148 in 1900

                     391 in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  4-5-1872

Post office:  10-11-1871 to present

Railroads: Y&MV- IC- ICG- IC- CN

 

Next Town North- Rising Sun

 

Old Milepost 142.9 app

(from Memphis, TN via Clarksdale)

later Milepost 131.3

(from Memphis, TN via Marks)

 

Next Town South- Auswell

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1920 Y&MV track profile updated to 1939- Collection of Robert Tomb

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 
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