Stanton, Mississippi

Adams County

Population: 30 in 1911

Town incorporated:  no

Post office: 2-7-1884 to 10-31-1955

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

                  

Town Northeast- Cannonsburg

 

Milepost 86.4

(from Jackson)

 

Next Town Southwest- Selma

1910 soil survey map

1962 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

Stanton was the location of a flag stop and spur on the Y&MV near the Selsertown Plantation. 

INDUSTRY -

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

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
BUSINESSES (per R. G. Dun & Co.)

1890:

none listed

 

 BUSINESSES (per R. G. Dun & Co.)

Cicero Clark & Wife- general store 1911, 1920

Bishop & Hightower Co.- general store 1920

 

 

  

 
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