Rosedale, Mississippi

Bolivar County

Population:   376 in 1890

                     622 in 1900

                     1103 in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  2-2-1882

Post office:  Prides Point- 7-23-1869 to 10-15-1872

                    Floreyville- 10-16-1872 to 2-12-1877

                    Rosedale- 2-13-1877 to present

Railroads:  LNO&T- Y&MV- IC- ICG

                   R&MCV Y&MV

Next Town North- Wright

Next Town East- Niles

 

Milepost 114.0

(from Memphis, TN via Coahoma)

 

Next Town South- Gill

 

soil survey map

1939 USGS topo map

1920 Y&MV track profile updated to 1939- Collection of Robert Tomb

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1914

1910

1907

 

 

 

 

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

 

 

 

 

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