Carpenter, Mississippi

Copiah County

Population: 100 in 1920

Town incorporated:  no

Post office: Fulghamton- 1-14-1828 to 12-4-1832

                    Lloyds Mills- 12-5-1832 to 1-11-1837

                    Burtonton- 1-12-1837 to 6-21-1867

                                     8-26-1875 to 4-13-1884

                    Carpenter- 4-14-1884 to 3-13-1976

Railroads: NJ&C- Y&MV- IC- ICG

                  

Town Northeast- Utica Institute

 

Milepost 38.1

(from Jackson)

 

Next Town Southwest- Myles

 

soil survey map

1962 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1915 ICC valuation map Illinois Central Historical Society Collection   Click Map for large version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES in 1890 per Dun & Bradstreet:

none listed

BUSINESSES in 1920 per Dun & Bradstreet:

E. L. Green- physician & drugs

A. A. Hood- blacksmith

Lafayette Hood- sawmill & general store

J. D. Howard- sawmill & planter

Aug. H. Lehman- general store

Joseph Little- general store & planter

W. L. Lloyd (near)- general store

S. McGee (near)- general store

J. L. Methevin (near)- general store

W. A. Price- box factory & general store

E. A. Slaughter- general store & livestock

L. J. Strong- grocery

J. T. & W. C. Thompson- general store

 

 

 

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