A history of Cruger,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Cruger from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCruger is a town in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 268.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 386 to 268 (-31%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cruger 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Cruger’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOld grave near Cruger, Mississippi, 1938: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cruger
See all 3 →Cruger, decade by decade
LOCOld grave near Cruger, Mississippi1938
LOCNegro church near Cruger, Mississippi1938
LOCOld grave near Cruger, Mississippi1938
LOCHeadstone on grave near Cruger, Mississippi1938
LOCTower on old Negro church near Cruger, Mississippi1938
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Old grave near Cruger,…19381990s
Nothing in Cruger is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cruger has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Itta Bena Historic District in Itta Bena, 12.9 miles away.
Cruger 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 Old grave near Cruger, Mississippi (1938) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.