Wesson, Mississippi

Copiah County

Population:   3168 in 1890

                     3279 in 1900

                     2024 in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  3-31-1864

Post office:  6-19-1867 to present

Railroads: NOJ&GN- CStL&NO- IC- ICG- IC- CN

 

Next Town North- Cooke's

 

Milepost 774.2

(from Chicago, IL)

Old Milepost 137.78

(from New Orleans)

 

Next Town South- Montgomery

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

IC Depot at Wesson on September 15, 1953.

 

 

 

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

  

 

  

 
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