Gunnison, Mississippi

Bolivar County

Population:   in 1900

                     477 in 1910 per Dun

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  5-7-1892

Post office:  11-18-1889 to present

Railroads:  LNO&T- Y&MV- IC- ICG

 

Next Town North- Perthshire

 

Milepost 106.2

(from Memphis, TN via Coahoma)

 

Next Town South- Waxhaw

 

soil survey map

1939 USGS topo map

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

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

M. Aaronana- meat & grocery 1910

L. S. Blanchard- grocery & meat 1910

J. A. Burt- gin & levee contractor 1910

W. T. Burt- general store 1910

Mrs. P. C. Carroll-hotel 1910

Davis & Brashears- general store 1910

Frankel Bros.- general store 1910

H. A. Furet- general store 1910

Gunnison Mercantile Co.- general store 1910

Sam Jacobs- general store 1910

John M. Kirk- gin 1910

J. T. McGehee- general store 1910

Joe Myers- general store 1910

M. Nemets- general store 1910

Robert Nichols (near)- grocery 1910

A. Papa- fruits 1910

J. B. Pease & Co.- drugs 1910

Geo. W. Pendleton & Edmond Brooks- blacksmiths 1910

Planters' Drug Co.- retail 1910

Joe Romanda- fruit 1910

L. Rothchild- general store 1910

M. McGehee Stokes- general store 1910

John Tuminello- grocery 1910

F. Tuminello- fruit & grocery 1910

R. Tuminello & Son- grocery 1910

J. H. Zadeck- general store cotton & seed 1910

 

 

 

 

 

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