Askew, Mississippi

Panola County

Population:   in 1900

                     in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  no

Post office:  Askews Bluff- 6-21-1890 to 2-1-1895

                     Askew- 2-2-1895 to 1-1986

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

 

Next Town North- Walkers Pit

 

Milepost 4_

(from Memphis, TN)

 

Next Town South- Interstate Spur

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

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

 

 

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

Askew Mercantile Co.- general store 1910

C. D. Askew & Co.- general store 1910

J. H. & M. D. Dixon (near)- general store 1910

A. M. Horton (near)- sawmill 1910

J. V. Stimson Lumber Co.- sawmill 1910

 

  

 

  

 
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