The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElliott is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States, and part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Elliott had a population of 880. Elliott is located on the southern edge of Grenada County, with its southern border following the Montgomery County line. It is along U.S. Route 51, 7 miles (11 km) south of Grenada, the county seat, and 4 miles (6 km) north of Duck Hill. The Camp McCain Training Center of the Mississippi National Guard is 3 miles (5 km) to the east. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Elliott CDP has an area of 4.5 square miles (11.7 km2), all of it land. The community is in…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 990 to 880 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1999.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elliott 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 Elliott’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elliott’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Elliott, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Elliott is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elliott has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Glenwild Plantation Manager's House in Grenada, 2.5 miles away.
Elliott 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 (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.