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Glendora was developed by Americans as a small sawmill site. Logs were floated down the river from around the vicinity of Webb to be processed here.

The first settlement developed two miles south of Glendora at Black Bayou. When the railroad was built through the territory in 1883, a station was located there and called Glendora. The town immediately grew. A post office was established in 1900 and a voting precinct was established.

Cane Lake Lumber Company built a large sawmill here which operated until 1909. It was moved to another site.

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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Glendora

1 place in Glendora is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Mississippiby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
0historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
2011first listedBlack Bayou Bridge

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Black Bayou Bridge
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The Register began in 1966.
Listed 2011Black Bayou BridgeStructureEngineering
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

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📜 Webb📜 Sumner📜 Schlater📜 Drew

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