Vaiden, Mississippi

Carroll County

Population:   533 in 1890

                     474 in 1900

                     713 in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  2-10-1860

Post office:  Shongalo- 8-15-1837 to  12-1-1859

                     Vaiden- 12-2-1859 to present

Railroads: Miss Central- CStL&NO- IC- ICG- IC- CN-    Grenada Ry

             

Next Town North- Stuckey

 

Milepost 651.09

(from Chicago, IL )

 

Next Town South- Beatty

 

1916 Valuation map      click map for larger version     Richard Spencer Collection

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

IC depot at Vaiden about 1910

IC depot at Vaiden in 1955

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

 

 

 

 

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