Towns

(alphabetical)

Below are links to individual pages on each town in Mississippi that was located on a railroad. The idea behind these pages was inspired by James Brieger's book, "Hometown Mississippi" published many years ago. While Brieger's book is an excellent and much-needed reference, information available at the time (1980) was limited when it came to railroad and industrial history. Since then, much research has been done by many individuals in these two areas, and much more remains to be done. These pages are a way to expand on Brieger's research and hopefully others will contribute to them to make the story of Mississippi's small towns more complete, accurate, and interesting. While the focus will be railroad and industrial development, I will try to provide at least a brief history of each location and include any and all old photographs we can come up with to illustrate each location, as well as recent photographs of what remains (or sadly what doesn't remain) of each town. Due to the enormity of the project, I will focus more on the smaller towns, as such an in-depth study of larger cities such as Jackson or Meridian would be almost overwhelming for one person. I will still try to cover the railroad and industrial history of these larger towns, as well. Many sources were used in the research. Dun & Bradstreet (and predecessor R. G. Dun & Co.) Mercantile listings kindly provided by Rev. John Sharp provide an invaluable look at every business and industry in each town in the state for each year. These were published every month. We have at least one for every year from 1868 to 1928, and will slowly add this info to each page. It will take a while, as it is a very time-consuming process. Additional courthouse research will be necessary to verify these listings and perhaps provide exact locations and additional information. Certain benchmarks in a towns growth, such as when a post office was operated and when a town was incorporated will be used.  ICC valuation maps, railroad blueprints, railroad timetables, courthouse records, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, soil survey maps, and USGS topographic maps will be used extensively. These maps will also be used to create Google Earth overlays to illustrate the changes in each town over the years and provide a frame of reference in the current landscape to accurately locate where things used to be. Hopefully those of you with old photographs, postcards and stories will provide much-needed help along the way (please!!). 

 

Abbeville Abel Aberdeen Aberdeen Jct. Acker Ackerman Adams (Amite Co.) Adams (Hinds Co.) Adban Addie Airport Alberta Alberts Albertson Albin Albino Aldens Aldridge Alene Alexander Algoma Alice Allen Allenton Alligator Amory Anchor Anchorage Anding Anguilla Ansley Anthony Aponaug Appeal Arbo Arcola Arjay Arm Armistead Arnold Arterby Artesia Arthur Arundel Ash Ashwood Askew Asylum Auswell Auter Avalon Avant Avent Avera Avon Babin Baird Baird's Spur Baldwyn Ballston Baltzer Banks Barbee Barksdale Barnett Barney Spur Barrow Basic Bassfield Batesville Battles Baugh Baxterville Bay Springs Bay St. Louis Bayland Bayou Bernard Bear Creek Beatrice Beatty Beaumont Beauregard Beauvoir Beaver Dam Becker Bee Lake Beech Beechwood Belden Bell Yard Belleville Bellew Bellewood Belmont Belpine Belzoni Benmore Benoit Bentonia Berclair Bernard Berrigan Bessie Bethea Bethel Beulah Bew Springs Bexley Bigbee Biggs Bilbo Biloxi Binders Binford Birch Bird Black Bayou (Y&MV) Black Bayou (C&G) Black Bayou Jct. Black Creek Blackburn Blaine Blakely Blanche Bland Blanton Blanton's Gap Blodgett Blue Lake Blue Mountain Blue Springs Boatmans Bobo Bogue Chitto Boice Bolton Bond Bonhomie Boone (Coahoma Co.) Boones Booneville Booth Boswell Bothwell Bourbon Bovina Bowdre Bowie Bowles Boyette Boyle Bradley Brady Brady (Lawrence Co.) Brandon Brasfield Braxton Brazil Breland Bright Bristerville Broach Brookhaven Brooklyn Brooksville Broome Brownfield Browning Brownlee's Brown's Camp Bruce Jct. Brushy Bryant Buckatunna Buckner Bude Bugh Bullard Bunker Hill Burdett Burgess Burnside Burnsville Busey's Bush Butler (Amite Co.) Butlers Buxton Byhalia Byng Bynum Byram Byrd Caddilac Spur Cahns Caile Calco California Cameta Camp Shelby Campbell (Lawrence Co.) Campbell (Tippah Co.) Canady Cannonsburg Canton Cantwell Capitol Yard Cardill Carlisle Carlos Carmich Carmichael Carnes Carpenter Carr Carriere Carroll Carrollton Carson (Jefferson Davis Co) Carson (Rankin Co) Carter Cary Case Cassel Castleman Cato CD Siding Cedar Bluff Cedar Hill Switch Cedars Celco Central Jct. Centreville Chamberlain Chambers Champion Hill Chancy Chapin Charleston Cheraw Cherry Chickasaw Choctaw Christmas Chunky Clack Clark Claiborne Claremont Clark Clarksburg Clarksdale Clayton Clermont Harbor Cleveland Clifford Clinton Clisby Clover Hill Clyde Coahoma Coal Oil Corner Coaler Coats Cobbs Cockrells Coffeeville Colby Cold Springs Coldwater Coles (Adams Co.) Coles (Amite Co.) Colgreen College Hill Collins Colsub Columbia Columbus Comeby Como Concord Condron Connelly Conners Mill Cooke's Cooks Cooley Copiah Copiah Pit Copp Coral Corinth Corley Cotton Plant Cottondale Counts Courtland Cowan Cowart Cox Craig's Spur Craigside Crandall Switch Cranfield Crawford Crenfree Crenshaw Cressona Crooked Creek Spur Crosby (Amite-Wilkinson Co.) Crosby (Scott Co) Crotts Cruger Crupp Crystal Springs Cude Cumberland Cynthia Dahomey Dancy Dane Danforth Daniels Dantzler Darling Darnell Darr Davenport Davis  Davis (Franklin Co.) Davis (Lowndes Co.) Davis Mills Dean Deane Spur Decatur Deemer Deeson Deffenbough's Gin Delaney Delta City Denco Dennis Denton Derby Derby (Lincoln Co.) DeSoto DeWeese Dickerson Distall Ditchley  Divide Dixie Dixon D'Lo Dobson Dockery Doddsville Dolan Donley Donohoe Donovan Dooley Doolittle Doris Dorsey Doubling Spur Dragon Draughn Drew Dubard Dublin Duck Hill Duffee Duke Dulweber Duncan Duncan's Crossing Dundee Dunkirk Dunleith Durant Durham Dwyer Eagle Nest Earnest East Aberdeen Eastabutchie Eastland Eaton Ecru Eddiceton Eden Edgewater Park Edwards Effie Egremont Egypt Elder (Adams Co.) Elder (Forrest Co.) Eldridge Electric Mills Elizabeth Ellabee Ellington Elliott Elliott (Montgomery Co.) Ellisville Ellisville Jct Elton Enid Enoch Enondale Enterprise Epley Epps Erata Eret Erots Erwin Eskridge Essex Estes Estill Estlin Ethel Eupora Eureka Eurie Evanston Evansville Ewings Exley Fairchilds Falcon Falkner Fannie May Fannin Fanning Fant Farber Farrell Fay Fayette Federal Fentress Fenwick Ferguson (Perry Co.) Fernwood Fewell Findlay Finkmount Fisher Fitch Fitzhugh Flautt Fleming Flint Flora Florence Floweree Flynn Foley Foltz Fontainebleau Foote Forest Forreston Fort Loring Fortenberry Foster Fox Foxworth Francis Franklin Freight Yard Friars Point Fridge Fruitland Park Fulcher Gaines Gale Galen Gallman Galloway Gambrell Gandsi Garden City Gardner Spur Garner Garraway Siding Gasquet Gatesville Gattman Gautier Gearhart Geneva George George (Yazoo Co.) Georgetown Gershorm Gibbons Gibson Gilford Gill Gilton Gitano Glade Gladys (Attala Co.) Gladys Glass Glazier Glen Allen Glendale Glendora Glenfield Glens Glenwild Gloster Glover Gluckstadt Golden Goldfield Good Hope Goodman Goodwin Gordon Goshen Springs Goss Gowdey	Grace Grady Grafton Graham Grange Gravel Pit (Rankin Co) Gravel Pit (Scott Co.) Gravel Siding Gray Green Grove Green River Spur Greenfield Greens Crossing Greenville Greenwood Greenwood Springs Grenada Grenada Jct. Griffin Griffith Grossner Guess Gulde Gulf Yard Gulfport Gum Ridge Gunnison Gunter Guntown Gurlie Guy Gwin Hadley Hailey Haley Halstead Halston Hamburg Hamilton Hamlet Hamlin Hampton Hands Haney Hanford Hannah Harbin Hard Cash Hardee Hardy Harlow Harmon Harmonica Harriett Harriston Hart Hartman Hartzog Haserway Hatcher Hathorn Hatten Hattiesburg Hawkes Hazlehurst Heads Heathman Heidelberg Helbo Helm Hemlock Henderson Hendersons Point Hendrick Hendrix Henry Hercules Hermanville Hernando Herring Spur Herringburg Hickory Hickory Flat Higgins High Point Hight Hilandale Hilda Hillhouse Hillsdale Hinchcliff Hinds Hines Hines Jct. Hintonville Hiram Hitt Hiwannee Hobo Switch Hobson Crossing Hoffman Hogan Holcomb Holcomb Spur Holcut Hollandale Holly Bluff Holly Knowe Holly Ridge Holly Springs Hollywood Holmes Spur Holts Home Park Hooker Hopewell Hopson's Spur Horn Lake Horseshoe Houlka Houston Houston's Spur Hovey Howard Howard Sand Pit Howell (Rankin Co) Howell Siding Howie Howison Howze Hoy Hub Hubbard Hudsonville Hugo Huntington Hunts Hushpuckena Hydro Igo Inda Indian Springs Indianola Inez Ingleside Ingomar Inlow Spur Insmore Interstate Spur Inverness Inwood Iola Irving Isabelle Isenberg Isola Issaquena Itta Bena Iuka Jackson Jaketown James Jamestown Jaquith Jayess Jeff Jeffreys Jobes Johnsonville Johnston Johnsville Jones Crossing Jonestown Judge Kalem Katzenmeyer Keefe Keirn Kelso Kenney Kerg's Jct. Kerg's Mill Kern Key's Mill Kidder Kilgore Kilmichael Kimball Lake Kimberly Kings Kinnaird Kinney Kirby Kitchener Kittrell Klines Knoxville Koch Kola Kolola Springs Kosciusko Kreole K&SE Jct. Lacey Lackey Lake Lake Cormorant Lake Henry Lake Vista Lakeland Lakeshore Lakeview Lamar Lambert Lamkin Lamont Lampton Lancaster Landon Langfords Langley Lanham Larkin LaRow Lauderdale Laughlin Laurel Lawless Lawrence Leaf Learned Leedy Leesburg Leesdale Leflore Leland Lena Lessers LeTourneau Lexington Lime Plant Limestone Lincoln Lintonia Little Creek Little River Little Rock Little Sunflower River Lobdell Loch Lomond Lockhart Loftin (Scott Co.)  Log Spur Lokey Lolly Lombardy Long Beach Long Lake Long's Switch Longstreet Longview Longwood Lorenzen Lorman Lost Gap Lost Lake Louin  Louise Louisville Love Lovelace Low Lowery Lucas Lucedale Lucien Luckney Ludlow Lula Lumberton Lux Lyman Lyon Maben Macel Macksmith Macon Madison Magee Magenta Magnolia Mahned Mahon Major Malay Malmaison Malone Malvina Mammoth Springs Mango Mangrum Mantee Maple Marathon Marguerite Marienette Marion Markham Marks Markwald Marsh Martinsville Mary Marye Matagorda Mathiston Matthews Crossing Mattingly Mattoon Mattson Maud Maupins Maxie Maybank Mayfield Mayhew McAdams McCaleb McCalls McCallum McCarley McComb McCool McCoy Spur McCutcheon McDonald McGees McGehee McGrath McHenry McKays McKenzie McLain McLaurin McLean McMillan (Winston Co.) McMillan (Holmes Co.) McNair McNeill McPherson McRaven Meadville Means Meehan Jct Mehr Melba Melrose Melton Memphis Jct. Mendenhall Mendum Menge Ave. Meridian Merigold Merit Merrill Metcalfe Mhoons Valley Michigan City Midnight Midway Mikoma Mildred Mileston Military Park Millard Miller Miller (DeSoto Co.) Millview Milroy Milroy (Sunflower Co.) Mineral Wells Minot Minter City Minter City Jct. Misco Mish Missala Mississippi City Mitchell Mitchener Mize Monarch Moncure Money Monroe Mont Helena Montgomery Monticello Montjoy Montrose Moon Moore Moores Spring Moorhead Moreton Morfalco Morgan Morgan City Morgantown Morris Morris Spur Morton Moscos Moselle Moss Moss (Lowndes Co.) Moss Spur Mound Bayou Moundland Mossville Mt Olive Muldon Muldrow Mulligan Mullins Spur Munson's Crossing Murdock's Crossing Murry Muskegon Myers Myles Myrtle Napanee Narkeeta Nason Natchez Natcole National Cemetery Neely Neil Neila Nelson Nemway Nesbit Nesbit's Mill Neshoba Nettleton Neville New Albany New Augusta New Hebron Newco Newman (Sharkey Co) Newmans Newsom Newton Neyland Nicholson Nicholson Ave. Nida Niles Nitta Yuma Nixon Spur Noble Nogan Norfield Norman Norrell Nortac North Jct. Norton Norway Noxapater Nugent Oak Street Oakland Oaklawn Oakley Oakvale Ocean Springs Okahola Okatibbee Okolona Old Camp Oldham Olive Branch Oliverfried Olliphants Oma Omar Onward Ora Orange Orange Grove O'Reilly Orvisburg Osborn Osyka Otoe Overby Ovett Owens Wells Oxford Oyer Ozona	Pace Pachuta Paden Paducah Palmers Crossing Panther Burn Parchman Parker (Adams Co.) Parsons Pascagoula Pass Christian Pates Patosi Patrick Pattison Pearson Pecan Peck Pelahatchie Pellez Penns Pentecost Penton Percy Perdue Perkins Perkinston Perry Perrytown Perthshire Petal Peteet Petty Spur Pheba Philadelphia Philipp Phillips Bayou Phillips (Lincoln Co.) Piave Picayune Pickens Pickering Pickwick Pillows Pin Oak Jct. Pinebur Pinola Piotona Pit Pittman Plain Plantation Plantersville Pleasant Plummer Pocahontas Point Pollock Pontotoc Pooles Spur Pope Poplarville Port Gibson Porterville Potts Camp Powell Powell (Coahoma Co.) Prairie Prentiss Pritchard Pullen Purnell Purvis Quattlebaum Quay Quentin Quincy Quitman Quito Rafn Ragin Ragland (Forrest Co.) Ragland (Newton Co) Rainbow Ralston Rankin Rankin Quarry Ransom Rawles Rawls Springs Raworth Ray Raymond Rea Reba Red Banks Red Lick Red Top Redwood Reeds Reese Reform Rembert Rena Lara Renova Renshaw Rex Rexburg Rhodes Rials (Tunica Co.) Rials (Lawrence Co.) Rice Hill Rich Richardson (Lawrence Co.) Richardson (Pearl River Co.) Richburg Richey Richton Ridgeland Rienzi Ripley Rising Sun Riverdale Riverside Riverside Jct. Rixes Rixwood Roberts Robinson Jct. Robinsonville Robinwood Rock Rockport Roland Rolling Fork Rome Roonville Rosa Roseacres Rosedale Rosella Rosemary Rosetta Rosine Ross (Winston Co.) Ross (Grenada Co.) Roth Round Lake Roundaway Rouse Roxie Royce Ruby Rucks Rudyard Ruleville Runnymede Ruslor Jct. Russe Russells (Scott Co.) Russum Ruth Sallis Saltillo Sanatorium Sand Pit Sanders Sandersville Sandifer Sandy Ridge Sandy Hook Sanford Sapa Sarah Saratoga Sardis Sartin Saucier Sauls Savage Savoy Sawyer Saxon Schlater Schulte Scobey Scoggins Scooba Scott Seashore Campgrounds Seays Sebastopol Seitz Seitz Mill Selma Seminary Senatobia Seneca Service Session Shackleford Shacks Shannon Shari Shaw Shelby Shepherd Sheppardtown Sherard Sherman Sherwood Shipman Shivers Shoenberg Shops Shows Field Shubuta Shuqualak Sibleyton Sidon Silver City Silver Creek Sims Sisloff Skene Skinners Sledge Sledgeville Sloan Smalco Smedes Smiths (Hinds Co.) Smith's Mill Smith's Spur Smyley Sohio Somerville Sontag Soso Souer South Leland South McComb South Yard Southaven Southern Spanish Fort Spencer Spraggins Spraggins (Marshall Co.) Springdale Sproles Spruce Stallo Stampley Stanton Star Starkville State Farm Spur State Levee State Line Statham St Catherine Steadman Steele St. Elmo Stephens Stephens (Clay Co.) Stepp Spur Stevens (Jasper Co.) Stevens (Pike Co.) Stevenson Stewart Stockstill Stoner Stoneville Stonewall Stonington Stout Stovall Stover Strange Spur Stratton Stringer Strong Stuckey Sturdivant Sturgis Sucarnochee Summerland Summers Summit Sumner Sumrall Sumrall's Switch Sunday Sunflower Sunnywild Swan Lake Sweetwater Swiftown Swiftwater Symonds Syre Talawah Talla Tallahala Tallahatchie Tallahoma Tamola Tandy Tate Tatum Tawanta Taylor Taylorsville Tchula Ten Mile Terry Terrys Spur Thayer Thelma Thomas Spur Thompson Thompson's Spur Thornton Thrashers Thurmond Thweatt Tibbee Tie Plant Tillatoba Tillman Tilton Tinsley Tiplersville Tippo Tishomingo Tollison Tomnolen Topeka Topton Torrance Tougaloo Tours Townes Townes Switch Tracey Trail Lake Tribbett Trotters Pont Troup Tuckers Tudor Tunica Tupelo Turnbull Turpin Tuscan Tuscola Tutwiler Twin Twin Lake Tyler Tyre Union Updike Urbo Utica Utica Institute Vaiden Valley Valley Hill Valley Park Van Winkle Vance Varnado Vaughan Velma Verna Verona Vestals Veterans' Hospital Vicksburg Victor Victoria Villa Ridge Vossburg Vulcan Waddell Wade Spur Wade Wahalak Waites Wakeland Walden Walker Walker's Pit Waller Wallerville Wallfield Walls Walnut Walnut Grove Walsh Walters Walton Wanilla Wardwell Warmack Warrenton Warsaw Washington Water Valley Water Valley Jct. Waterford Waters Watsonia Watsons Watts Wautbbbee Waveland Waverly Waxhaw Way Waynesboro Wayside Weatherford Weathersby Webb Webster Weems Weir Weis Welch Wells (Lamar Co.) Wells (Rankin Co.)  Wenasoga Wentworth Wesson West West Hill West Jackson West King Jct. West Point Westfield Whaley Wheats (Franklin Co.) Wheelers Wheelers (DeSoto Co.) Whitbury White Apple White Bluff White City White Harbor White Pond Whitehead Whites Whites (Clay Co.) Whitesand Whitetown Whitney Whittaker Wiborg Wicker Wiggins Wilco Wilczinski Wildwood Wilkinson Williams  Williams (Lawrence Co.) Williams (Lincoln Co.) Willis Willman Willoughby Wilmot Wilson Wilsons (Pike Co.) Winchester Windom Windy Wingate Winona Winterville Wise Gap Wisner Wolf's Mill Wood Woodland Woodmen Springs Woodville Woodwards Woolam (Marion Co.) Woolam (Lawrence Co.) Woolworth Wortham Worthington Worthy Wright Wyandotte Wyatt Wyoming Yalobusha Yarbrough Yazoo City Yazoo Gravel Yazoo Jct. Yazoo Pass Yeaton Yerger Yokena Yokona Youngs Zelleria Zetus
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