Burnsville, Mississippi

Tishomingo County

Population:  318 in 1890

                    612 in 1900

                    850 in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  1-25-1858

Post office: 

Railroads:    M&C- SOU- NS

                  

Next Town East- Walker

 

Milepost 444.1

(from Bristol, TN)

 

Next Town West- Glens

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

Southern Railway depot at Burnsville. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

W. T. Adams- sawmill 1911

Bayou Stave Co.- mfrs 1911

Burnsville Mercantile Co.- general store 1911

J. E. Clement- lumber & planning mill 1911

Noah L. Coker- general store 1911

Daskin Gin Co.- gin & sawmill 1911

M. M. Elledge- sawmill 1911

D. L. Epperson- gin & sawmill 1911

Kemp & Belcher- grocery 1868

J. W. Lambert- sawmill 1911

J. J. Leitch (near)- general store, mill 1911

John H. Nixon (near)- general store 1911

F. C. Norman- general store 1911

W. J. Robinson- general store 1911

R. L. Smith- general store 1911

M. E. Stricklen (near)- general store 1911

F. G. Thomas- 1868

M. R. Turbville (near)- sawmill 1911

Weathers Bros.- grocery & dry goods 1911

Leo Welch (near)- general store 1911

J. W. White- general store 1911

M. D. Whitfield- general store 1911

A. E. Woodley- general store 1911

J. S. Woodley- general store 1911

 

 

 

 

 

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