Hampton, Mississippi

Washington County

Population:  100 in 1910 per Dun

Town incorporated:  no

Post office:  2-21-1887 to 4-30-1888

                    5-28-1888 to 11-30-1944

Railroads:  Y&MV

 

Next Town North- Marathon

 

Milepost 178.7

(from Memphis, TN via Coahoma)

 

Next Town West- Glen Allen

Next Town South- Spencer

 

soil survey map

1939 USGS topo map

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

 

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

Hampton was the junction with a short branch line to Glen Allen of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR. The railroad was abandoned about March 1941. 

INDUSTRY -

Y&MV depot at Hampton on May 11, 1927.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

Y. E. Davidson- general store 1910

J. F. Dinkins (near)- general store 1910

R. Fried- general store 1910

M. & D. Grundfest- dry goods & grocery 1910

J. B. King- general store 1910

Richland Plantation- general store 1910

Sam Sentonio- general store 1910

 

 

 

 

 

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