Flora’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Flora. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Graves in Flora's cemetery date to 1821. A post office was established in 1883. That same year, Flora became a stop on the newly constructed Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The railroad depot is now a museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1941, the Mississippi Ordnance Plant was constructed north of Flora to produce propellant and igniter charges for large-caliber guns during World War II. The site also had firing ranges for sub-machine guns, rifles, anti-aircraft guns, live grenades, and demolition explosives. A notable employee was science fiction writer Cyril M. Kornbluth.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Flora’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flora’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMississippi, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Flora
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Flora, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Flora
1 place in Flora is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mississippi (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.