Batesville, Mississippi

Panola County

Population:   705 in 1890

                     556 in 1900

                     774 in 1910

                     1050 in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  8-10-1860

Post office:  

Railroads: Miss & Tenn- IC- ICG- IC- CN- Grenada Ry

             

Next Town North- Tallahatchie

 

Milepost 452.1

(from Louisville, KY )

 

Next Town South- Courtland

 

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

 

 

 

 

Batesville depot in 1962.

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

industry only

Batesville Gin Co.- 1910

Batesville Lumber Co.- lumber & building supplies 1910

Batesville Mfg. Co.- mfrs spokes 1910

Batesville Yarn & Cordage Co.- mfgr 1910

W. P. Harmon- sawmill & gin 1910

Panola Electric Light & Power Co.- 1910

Thomas Lumber Co.- 1910

 

 

 

 

 

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