The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAlgoma is a town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. The population was 705 at the 2020 census, up from 590 at the 2010 census. Algoma is a Native American word meaning "vale of flowers".
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 590 to 705 (+19%). Half of its homes were built before 1998.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Algoma yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Algoma’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Algoma’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Algoma
See all 1 →Algoma, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Algoma is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Algoma has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lochinvar in Pontotoc, 3.1 miles away.
Algoma and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.