Shannon, Mississippi

Lee County

Population:  329 in 1890

                    434 in 1900

                    564 in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  7-20-1870

Post office: 11-6-1860 to 10-10-1876

                    6-8-1877 to present

Railroads: M&O- GM&O- ICG- Midsouth- KCS

 

                  

Next Town North- Verona

 

M&O Milepost 269.33

(from Mobile, Ala.)

 

Next Town South- Chickasaw

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

Shannon depot in 1916. 

 

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

  

 

  

 
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