The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Crenshaw was located on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. By the early 1900s, it had a post office, several stores, churches, schools and a combined oil mill/cotton gin. The bank was founded in 1905.
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CommonsCrenshaw MS 0022012National Register of Historic Places
1 historic place in Crenshaw
1 place in Crenshaw is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Mississippiby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
3historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1984first listedCrenshaw House
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Then & now
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Stories next door
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