Buckatunna, Mississippi

Wayne County

Population:  in 1900

                    in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  3-15-1901

Post office: Bucatunna- 7-24-1860 to 1-31-1951

                    Buckatunna- 2-1-1951 to present

Railroads: M&O- GM&O- ICG- Midsouth 

 

                  

Next Town North- Robinson Jct.

 

M&O Milepost 70.82

(from Mobile, Ala.)

 

Next Town South- Sand Pit

1911 soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

Former GM&O depot at Buckatunna in 1973.

 

M&O depot at Buckatunna in 1940. 

1916 ICC Valuation Map             click for larger version           Tony Howe Collection

 

  

 

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

A. W. Cooley- general store 1911

B. B. Davis- general store 1911

Ellis & McCaskey- general store 1911

Farmers’ Mercantile Co.- general store 1911

W. L. Mathews- general store 1911

 

  

 

  

 
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