Soso, Mississippi

Jones County

Population: 162 in 1910

                    142 in 1920

                    214 in 1930

Town incorporated:  6-28-1901

Post office: 8-4-1886 to present

Railroads: G&SI- IC- ICG

                  

Next Town East- Service

 

G&SI Milepost 141.50

(from Gulfport)

 

Next Town West- Brady

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1916 ICC Valuation Map- ICHS Collection courtesy Tom Davidson

 

1964 Profile   Mick Nussbaum Collection                       Click for larger version

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

S. J. Copeland, general store & farmer 1900

W. R. Hosey & Co., general store & turpentine 1900

T. A. Massey & Co., general store 1900

Stringer & Ruffin, general store 1900

 

 

 

 

 

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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net