Bassfield, Mississippi

Jefferson Davis County

Population: 

Town incorporated:  10-6-1903

Post office: 7-16-1895 to present

Railroads: P&LR- MSC- ICG

Next Town East- Black Creek

 

Milepost 32.9 after 1927

(from Hattiesburg)

 

Next Town West- Garraway Siding

1915 soil survey map

1974 USGS topo map

Map by Tony Howe

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY-

Recent photos of historic buildings in Bassfield can be found HERE

Former Mississippi Central depot at Bassfield about 1970. 

BUSINESSES per Dun & Bradstreet- 

Applewhite, W. W.- drugs 1910-1928-1929

Bass, A. E.- sawmill 1901-1902

Bass, W. S.- general store 1901-1904

Bassfield Gro. & Hardware- 1926

Bassfield Merc. Co.-general store 1926-1929

Bassfield Lumber Co.- sawmill 1904

Dr. E. N. Blount- drugs 1910

T. A. Cantwell- sawmill 1910

Carraway, A. F.- general store 1926-1929

Carter, J. C.- general store 1926-1929

Warren Carter- grist mill 1910

Wm. J. Carter- general store 1910

Conn Bros.- sawmill 1910

G. L. Deen (near)- general store 1910

L. S. Fagan- fruit 1910

Fagon, R. T.- restaurant 1926

Faler Bros. Co.- general store, grist mill & gin 1926-1929

Garraway, C. H.- gin 1928-1929

Garraway, V. B.- tele 1928-1929

Green, E. J.- general store 1926

Harper & McGee- livery 1904

Hathorn, O. T.            - general store            1903-1904

Hathorn, O. T.            - general store & millinery 1926-1929

O. T. Hathorn & Co.- general store 1910

Hatten, Peter L.- sawmill & general store 1928-1929

Hawkins-McRaney Co.- general store 1904-10-

Joseph, C. H.-             general store 1926-1929

King, A. J. & Son- general store 1929

King, J. M.- general store 1910-1926-1929

King & Reddoch- general store 1926-1928

McInnis Lumber Co.-             sawmill 1904

McLean, N. D.- general store 1929

McLean-King Co.- general store 1910

O’Connell, John- general store 1901-1904

O'Connell-Rudder Co.- general store 1910

Pittman, M. J.- blacksmith 1926

Puckett, R. C.- drugs 1926-1929

Rawls & Son-             general store 1904

Reddoch, T. J.- general store            1904

T. J. Reddoch & Co.- general store 1910

Ross Mercantile Co.-     general store 1904

D. G. Smith- grocery 1910

Smith, Mrs. D. G.- general store 1926

Sumrall Brothers- general store 1904

J. C. Tracy & Sons- sawmill 1910

Walden, B. G.            - general store 1929

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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