Coffeeville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Coffeeville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCoffeeville is a town in and one of two county seats of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Coffeeville had a population of 797. It is named after John Coffee (1772–1833), a planter and military leader. The minor American Civil War Battle of Coffeeville took place near here in December 1862. Water Valley, Mississippi, in the northeastern part of the county, is the second county seat and judicial district. Once a center of railroad shops, it is the largest city in the county.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 905 to 797 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Coffeeville 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 Coffeeville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coffeeville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCoffeeville Hotel, Illinois Centr…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Coffeeville
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Coffeeville, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Coffeeville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Coffeeville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Simmons House in Water Valley, 12.2 miles away.
Coffeeville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Coffeeville Hotel, Illinois Central & Gulf Railroad vicinity and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.