Drew’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Drew. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗When the Yellow Dog Railroad was extended through what is now Drew, the post office was moved from the Promised Land Plantation to the Drew location. The settlement and the post office were named for Miss Drew Daniel, daughter of Andrew Jackson Daniel.
A school called the Little Red Schoolhouse was built by matching funds from the Rosenwald Fund in 1928. In the 21st century it received a grant for renovation of the large school.
In the 1920s, a man named Joe Pullen was lynched near Drew after killing at least three members and wounding other members of a posse seeking him after he shot and killed another man.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Drew’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Drew’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMain street. Drew, Mississippi, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Drew
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Drew, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Drew is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Drew has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ruleville Depot in Ruleville, 5.9 miles away.
Drew 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 Main street. Drew, Mississippi (1937) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.