The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGeorgetown is a town in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Georgetown had a population of 252. With its eastern border formed by the Pearl River, it is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Two sites near Georgetown are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Highway 28 bridge over the Pearl River, about a mile east of Georgetown, and the Alford-Little House, off Highway 27 south of town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 286 to 252 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Georgetown 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Georgetown’s history is told.
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2 historic places in Georgetown
2 places in Georgetown are 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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.