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Lisman’s history is
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The story

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In 1962, local residents participated in "a federal lawsuit challenging the white Choctaw County registrars who were rejecting 95 percent of black voters’ applications." Martin Luther King visited the town to lead a rally for voting rights on April 30, 1966.

The town incorporated in 1979, which enabled it to pave its dirt roads, and build sewers.

A 2019 article described Mayor Jason Ward's plans to hire a police officer and rebuild the abandoned school library.

Lisman was not included in Choctaw County's new “Opportunity Zones” in 2019.

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Famous people close to Lisman

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Hayley WilliamsHayley WilliamsMeridian · 28 miDiane LaddDiane LaddMeridian · 28 miSela WardSela WardMeridian · 28 miRalph AbernathyRalph AbernathyLinden · 30 miAntonio McDyessAntonio McDyessQuitman · 27 miJimmie RodgersJimmie RodgersMeridian · 28 mi
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Lisman, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lisman is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lisman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mount Sterling Methodist Church in Butler, 9 miles away.

Lisman and the nearest listed places

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Mount Sterling Methodist ChurchFord-Williams HouseCauseyville Historic DistrictDr. H. B. Ward HouseDr. James Alvis Beavers HouseSimmons & Wright Company, The

Closest to Lisman

Mount Sterling Methodist ChurchButler · Building9miFord-Williams HouseQuitman · Building13.7miCauseyville Historic DistrictMeridian · District17.4miDr. H. B. Ward HouseCuba · Building18.6miDr. James Alvis Beavers HouseCuba · Mid-19th Century19mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Mount Sterling Methodist Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lisman?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lisman’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Butler📜 Needham📜 Pennington📜 Toxey
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