Tupelo, Mississippi

Lee County

Population:  1477 in 1890

                    2118 in 1900

                    3881 in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  7-20-1870

Post office: 10-18-1860 to present

Railroads: M&O- GM&O- ICG- G&M- Midsouth- KCS

                 KCM&B - SLSF- BN- BNSF

                  

M&O Next Town North- Saltillo

SLSF Next Town Northwest- Belden

 

M&O Milepost 279.00

(from Mobile, Ala.)

SLSF Milepost 588.2

(from Springfield, MO)

 

M&O Next Town South- Verona

SLSF Next Town Southeast- Plantersville

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

Tupelo Union Station in 1916

 

Tupelo depot March 30, 1968

The joint M&O-Frisco Union Station in Tupelo, MS on March 30, 1964.

 

Union station in Tupelo, Miss. served both the Frisco and the M&O railroads.

1916

1908

BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

 

 

 

 

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