Coxburg, located fourteen miles southwest of Lexington, was established prior to 1869 by a family named Cox. This family secured a post office for the community, naming it Coxburg.<\/p>\r\n
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The above information extracted from a Holmes County Herald article 'All Aboard For Your Hometown or Community,' dated 01 Jul 1976.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":8,"twn_name":"Cruger","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.320833","twn_lon":"-90.235000","twn_elev":127,"twn_size":"1.0","twn_pop":334,"twn_zipcode":39924,"twn_areacode":662,"twn_dir":"Cruger is located 10.2 miles North of Tchula on MS-49E.","twn_image":"welcome_to_cruger.jpg","twn_caption":"The sign says it all!","twn_text":"
Located four miles north of Keirn and first known as Elmwood for a local planation. The name was changed to Cruger in 1886.
\r\n\r\n<\/p>The Archer family, who came here from Port Gibson in 1860, reared a family of seven children, who also settled in the area.
\r\n\r\n<\/p>Dr. and Mrs. Cochran owned the land where the railroad station was built, with R. W. Downer and W. R. King also being early residents and large plantation owners.
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Source:<\/strong> Extracted from a Holmes County Herald article 'All Aboard For Your Hometown or Community,' dated 01 Jul 1976.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":9,"twn_name":"Dulweber","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.341667","twn_lon":"-90.237222","twn_elev":128,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":10,"twn_name":"Durant","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.076389","twn_lon":"-89.856389","twn_elev":259,"twn_size":"2.26","twn_pop":2401,"twn_zipcode":39063,"twn_areacode":662,"twn_dir":"Durant is located 3.5 miles East of I-55 exit 156. The provided Lat\/Lon takes you to the Public Library in downtown Durant.","twn_image":"durant_downtown.jpg","twn_caption":"Durant at the turn of the last century. Durant<\/b>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Prior to 1850, the section in which Durant was later located was known at the \u201cDark Corner of Holmes County.\u201d At that time, a post office was located in Lockhart\u2019s Store, four miles west of the present town site. Early settlers included; Wyatt Holmes, Anderson West, General A. M. West, Dr. R. H. Montgomery, Tom Stevens, LeRoy Boyette, and Sam Sproles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The Mississippi Central Railroad founded the town in 1858 on a 169 acre tract, which was donated by J.A. Cason. The new town was called Durant, for an Indian Chief, Louis Durant, who received his own name from the early explorers. Durant lived at the east end of a bridge on the Turnpike Road, which crossed Big Black River.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Firsts in the town included: When the town was first established, J.H. Sutton operated a ferry on the Big Black River. The first Pike was built across the swamp in 1869. The first White child born in Durant was Carrie Cason, in 1856. A union church was erected first, and an early school was taught by a man named Vaughter. The first case to be tried by jury in Durant was held in the store of T. J. Ford in 1860. The first newspaper was published by Ledbetter and Walpole immediately following the Civil War.<\/p>\r\n\r\n In 1937, the town issued bonds for $25,000, for the erection of a factory; the mill being leased to the Real Silk Company. This was the first mill to be established under the Industrial Act of 1936.<\/p>\r\n The above information extracted from a Holmes County Herald article 'All Aboard For Your Hometown or Community,' dated Jul 1, 1976.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":11,"twn_name":"Ebenezer","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"32.970556","twn_lon":"-90.090833","twn_elev":331,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":12,"twn_name":"Edsville","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.180040","twn_lon":"-89.833631","twn_elev":381,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"Located four miles west of West, Edsvllle was settled by the Fade, Denton, McLellan, and Mathews families, being named for Ed C. 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Martin, Rev. Stephen Johnson, Simon T. Lane, Amasa White, Charles C. Garner, William Stampton, A.B. Harris, D.O. Shaddock, John A. Jones, S.D. Alexander, and S.W. Hankins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The town of Emory was incorporated on the same date as the academy, having to take in a two square-mile area in order to have enough male citizens to hold Federal Court here at one time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Reportedly this was said to have been the biggest court ever held in the county before the Civil War.<\/p>\r\n\r\n With the building of the Mississippi Central Railroad, in the 1850\u2019s, many of the citizens moved to West Station, causing Emory to start a decline to extinction.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The post office was established here on [June 28, 1880?] with George C. Everett as postmaster. The office was discontinued on August 31, 1906.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":15,"twn_name":"Eulogy","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.033611","twn_lon":"-90.174722","twn_elev":305,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":16,"twn_name":"Franklin","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.035833","twn_lon":"-90.001944","twn_elev":351,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":17,"twn_name":"Gant","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":18,"twn_name":"Georgeville","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":19,"twn_name":"Good Hope","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.101667","twn_lon":"-90.300278","twn_elev":115,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":20,"twn_name":"Goodman","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"32.968057","twn_lon":"-89.912625","twn_elev":266,"twn_size":"0.85","twn_pop":1575,"twn_zipcode":39079,"twn_areacode":662,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":"_goodman.jpg","twn_caption":"Downtown Goodman, MS. Photo taken by |273|, 07 May 2020.","twn_text":" Goodman<\/b> - Located nine miles south of Durant, Goodman was settled \"about 1860, being named for Walter Goodman. The town actually grew up with the coming of the railroad, being incorporated November 16, 1865. The town lost its first charter and was incorporated a second time in 1878.<\/p>\r\n\r\n An early settler, Dr. Annaldus Brumby, was the town doctor; his office was a one-room building in his front year and it contained the equipment used in making most of his medicines. His most famous medicine was \u201cCarrie Bitters,\u201d which he made and named for his daughter. It is said, that during the Civil War, the doctor used planks out of his floor to make coffins for soldiers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Two large fires have hit Goodman with severe blows; the first in 1891, and the other in 1908. The fire of 1908 wiped out the main block on the south side of the street.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Holmes Jr. College was instituted there in 1925, in addition to Holmes County Agriculture High School, which was underway.<\/p>\r\n The above information extracted from a Holmes County Herald article 'All Aboard For Your Hometown or Community,' dated 01 Jul 1976.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":21,"twn_name":"Gwin","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.178972","twn_lon":"-90.219536","twn_elev":121,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":"Gwin_Train_Station.jpg","twn_caption":"Gwin Train Station","twn_text":"Gwin MS was the crew change point for all freight trains traveling between New Orleans and Memphis and a hotel for train crews was located there. South of the town was a switching yard with six tracks, as well as a wye-junction where the track branched into a line which traveled east to Durant Before electrical refrigeration was available for rail cars, a large icing facility was located in Gwin, where ice was loading onto trains carrying perishable goods. In 1986, the railway moved its crew change point to McComb."},{"twn_id":22,"twn_name":"Hoffman","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.147110","twn_lon":"-89.808929","twn_elev":282,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":23,"twn_name":"Howard","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.122778","twn_lon":"-90.190833","twn_elev":144,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":24,"twn_name":"Ituma","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.230556","twn_lon":"-90.105000","twn_elev":318,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":55,"twn_name":"Jackson","twn_county":"Hinds","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":25,"twn_name":"Jones Crossing","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.119444","twn_lon":"-90.136111","twn_elev":167,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":26,"twn_name":"Keirn","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.275680","twn_lon":"-90.224337","twn_elev":121,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":27,"twn_name":"Lamkin","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.047258","twn_lon":"-90.465635","twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":57,"twn_name":"Lebanon","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"31.188889","twn_lon":"-90.052778","twn_elev":328,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":28,"twn_name":"Lexington","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.112848","twn_lon":"-90.052807","twn_elev":233,"twn_size":"2.46","twn_pop":1622,"twn_zipcode":39095,"twn_areacode":662,"twn_dir":"Lexington is located 9.3 miles West of I-55 exit 156. The Lat\/Lon above takes you to the county courthouse in the Lexington town square.","twn_image":"courthouse_southside.jpg","twn_caption":"View of the South side of the Holmes County Courthouse in the Lexington town square.","twn_text":" The above information extracted from a Holmes County Herald article 'All Aboard For Your Hometown or Community,' dated 01 Jul 1976.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":29,"twn_name":"Mahrud","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":30,"twn_name":"Marcella","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.129444","twn_lon":"-90.297500","twn_elev":115,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":31,"twn_name":"Marksville","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.310396","twn_lon":"-90.280236","twn_elev":121,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":32,"twn_name":"McMillan","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.102500","twn_lon":"-89.942500","twn_elev":305,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":58,"twn_name":"Meeks","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.299444","twn_lon":"-90.189167","twn_elev":121,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":33,"twn_name":"Mileston","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.111518","twn_lon":"-90.273463","twn_elev":115,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":34,"twn_name":"Millsaps","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":35,"twn_name":"Montgomery","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.297222","twn_lon":"-90.326667","twn_elev":118,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":36,"twn_name":"Mount Olive","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":59,"twn_name":"Omega","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.123333","twn_lon":"-90.313056","twn_elev":108,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":37,"twn_name":"Oregon","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.143889","twn_lon":"-90.113333","twn_elev":318,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":60,"twn_name":"Oswego","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.216944","twn_lon":"-90.224444","twn_elev":121,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":38,"twn_name":"Owen's Wells","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.095000","twn_lon":"-89.967778","twn_elev":292,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"From the East side of the Courthouse square in Lexington take MS-12 East 3.9 miles to the junction of MS-12 and MS-53 (Owens Wells Road). 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However when the Y & M V Railroad was built from Yazoo ity to Parsons, then from Lexington to Gwin in 1886, Tchula began to grow while towns such as Rankin became extinct.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Dan N. Foose was one of the most important men of the town and while serving as Mayor in the early days took an active part in promoting all good projects and working for the development of the town as well as the schools and churches. He was 93 years of age when hit by a train while walking home one day, being almost totally deaf he did not hear the train whistle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n On January 26, 1940, Tchula Lake froze over, hard enough for a man to walk across it; the temperature that night being ten degrees below zero. Records show that the lake also froze over in February, 1841, and again n January 5, 1877.<\/p>\r\n The above information extracted from a Holmes County Herald article 'All Aboard For Your Hometown or Community,' dated 01 Jul 1976.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":46,"twn_name":"Thornton","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.079167","twn_lon":"-90.322500","twn_elev":115,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":"silo.jpg","twn_caption":"View of silo and barn in Thornton","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":47,"twn_name":"Tolarville","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.047222","twn_lon":"-90.218611","twn_elev":351,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":48,"twn_name":"Vernon","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":49,"twn_name":"Weeks","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":50,"twn_name":"West","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.196944","twn_lon":"-89.777222","twn_elev":292,"twn_size":"0.56","twn_pop":163,"twn_zipcode":39192,"twn_areacode":662,"twn_dir":"From the intersection of MS-12 and MS-51 in downtown Durant, take MS-51 North for 9.6 miles. You will arrive in downtown West.","twn_image":"west_city_hall.jpg","twn_caption":"West City Hall","twn_text":" West<\/b> - The town of West was founded in 1858 when the Mississippi Central Railroad was built through this section. The town was named for General A. M. West who was Superintendent of the railroad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n One source states that Carson Irving, the first depot agent built the first home in West but still another source says that William Anderson bought twenty acres of land here and built the first home. The first business was a store built by John Botters, and Englishman, but in 1878 all the stores in the town burned except Dr. A. B. Brock's Drug Store.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The first crossing over the Big Black River at West was a toll bridge built in 1867-68.<\/p>"},{"twn_id":66,"twn_name":"West Hill","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.102222","twn_lon":"-89.914722","twn_elev":390,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":51,"twn_name":"Westfield","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.125833","twn_lon":"-90.260833","twn_elev":118,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":52,"twn_name":"Wheeling","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":" Wheeling<\/b> - A newspaper report states that there was a settlement of Wheeling established in the early 1800s \u201cRecords in the Holmes County Chancery Clerk\u2019s office show that the land where Wheeling was located… was sold as a U S. land grant to Davis S Isom on June 16, 1835. The land… changed hands about eight years later; and on May 01, 1843 was forfeited to the state by Joseph Stockman for unpaid taxes due in the year 1842 It was sold by the tax collector to A. Rhorer on April 04, 1849 for $7.05… who sold the land to William Pickett Johnson on Dec 19,1853.\u201d Following his death and burial on the land in 1859, an heir sold the land to James H. Gowan on March 06. 1869 He \u201csubsequently deeded to the stewards of the West Station Methodist-Episcopal Church South a three-acre tract of land to be used as a public grave yard by said church and to be known as the Wheeling Grave Yard...The deed, dated Nov 18, 1874, conveyed the title to J. J. Cain and Edmond R. Brock, stewards of the church…. The deed was notarized by L A Powers, mayor of West Station and ex officio justice of the peace, on Dec. 4, 1874. It was filed on Sept. 01, 1890 by Chancery Clerk J M Dyer…. The first record showing the cemetery being established was in 1874, but by that date, there were around 50 people already buried\u201d there, including \u201c22 soldiers of the Confederate States of America who are allegedly buried at Wheeling.\"<\/p><\/div>"},{"twn_id":53,"twn_name":"Wyatt","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":"33.238637","twn_lon":"-90.220839","twn_elev":108,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":54,"twn_name":"Yeargain","twn_county":"Holmes","twn_lat":null,"twn_lon":null,"twn_elev":null,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":null,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""},{"twn_id":68,"twn_name":"Zeiglerville","twn_county":"Yazoo","twn_lat":"32.950409","twn_lon":"-90.170087","twn_elev":280,"twn_size":null,"twn_pop":null,"twn_zipcode":null,"twn_areacode":662,"twn_dir":"","twn_image":null,"twn_caption":"","twn_text":""}]}
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\r\n\r\nEarly schools included: the Lexington Male and Female Academy, which was incorporated in 1844, the name being changed to Central Mississippi Female College, in 1859. the Lexington Male Academy, established in 1859; and the Lexington Normal, which was established in 1889.
\r\n\r\nImportant personalities of Lexington included: Dr. Garrett Keirn, son-in-law of Governor Leake, who was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1890; Judge Sidney Smith, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Circuit Judge, Supreme Court Judge, and Chief Justice, was born here April 9, 1869.
\r\n\r\nOthers were: the Honorable H. S. Hooker and Judge J. B. Boothe, who were members of the 1890 Convention; Miss Nellie Keirn, one time Dean of M. S. C. W. was born here; Miss Maggie Beal Foster, who was studying medicine in preparation to be a medical missionary in China. She lived here before moving to Tchula, where she died before entering upon her work, although she had already done much Christian work during her college days.\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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It bore the name of Owens Wells after the famous wells of that day.","twn_text":"![](\"images\/twn_images\/twn_tchula\/tchula_bank_1939.jpg\")
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