Lee & Prentiss County
Population: 560 in 1900
787 in 1910
922 in 1920
Town incorporated: 4-1-1861
Post office: 11-20-1860 to present
Railroads: M&O- GM&O-
ICG- Midsouth- KCS
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Next Town North- Wheeler's
M&O Milepost 297.40
(from Mobile, Ala.)
Next Town South- Guntown
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soil survey map
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1964 USGS topo map
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HISTORY by Tony Howe:
INDUSTRY -
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1916 view of Baldwyn depot.
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Tool house and motor car house at Baldwyn in 1994. |
October 21, 1979 |
March 1972 |
May 1981 |
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)-
M.
Burge & Co.- dry goods 1868
James
S. Long- drugs 1868
R.
H. Porter- grocery 1868
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May 1981 |
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