French Camp’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of French Camp. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town dates back to circa 1810, when a Frenchman, Louis Lefleur, established a stand or trading post and inn, on the Natchez Trace. The Choctaw natives and others in the area called it the Frenchman's Camp. Later it was shortened to French Camp.
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Start French Camp’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how French Camp’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFrenchCampAcademy: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10French Camp, decade by decade
2000
unknown4 items
1 historic place in French Camp
1 place in French Camp 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 FrenchCampAcademy and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.