Booneville, Mississippi

Prentiss County

Population:  748 in 1890

                    1050 in 1900

                    1337 in 1910

                    1405 in 1920

Town incorporated:  12-12-1861

Post office: 11-20-1860 to present

Railroads: M&O- GM&O- ICG- Midsouth- KCS

 

                  

Next Town North- Thrashers

 

M&O Milepost 308.57

(from Mobile, Ala.)

 

Next Town South- Wheeler's

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

M&O depot at Booneville in 1916

 

May 9, 1979

Overpass south of the depot in 1916

 

Booneville, MS looking north towards the GM&O depot on May 12, 1975.

January 28, 1971

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

Gresham, Carter & Lacy- general store 1868

J. H. Miller & Co.- dry goods 1868

Taylor & Brown- dry goods 1868

 

May 9, 1979

 

 

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