Black Bayou, Mississippi

Tallahatchie County

Population:   in 1900

                     in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  no

Post office:  7-23-1879 to 5-1-1884

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

 

Next Town North- Glendora

 

Milepost 109.9 app

(from Memphis, TN via Clarksdale)

later Milepost 97.9

(from Memphis, TN via Marks)

 

Next Town South- Midway

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

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

 

 

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
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