Wayside, Mississippi

Washington County

Population:   25 in 1910 per Dun

Town incorporated:  no

Post office:  2-5-1886 to present

Railroads:  Y&MV

 

Next Town North- Swiftwater

 

Milepost 161.0

(from Memphis, TN via Coahoma)

 

Next Town South- Avon

 

soil survey map

1933 USGS topo map

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

 

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

Wayside was the junction with Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., later Chicago Mill & Lumber Co.'s logging railroad running east for several miles.   

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BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

Galloway & Worthington- general store 1910

Nina C. Mann- general store 1910

Memphis Shingle Co.- manufacturers 1910

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any corrections or additional info, we would love to hear from you! We are always looking for additional photos, too. Find our contact info below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net