Long Beach, Mississippi

Harrison County

Population:  in 1900

                    1026 in 1910

                    980 in 1920

                    1495 in 1940

                    2703 in 1950

                    4770 in 1960

Town incorporated:  8-10-1905

Post office: 9-22-1884 to present

Railroads: NOM&T- L&N- CSX

Next Town North- Gulfport 

 

L&N Milepost 743.12 after 1921*

(from Louisville, Ky.)

 

Next Town South- Harbin

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

 

 

 

A local freight lead by GP-20 No. 903 switches at Long Beach.

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

 

 

 

 

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