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History · Holcomb

Holcomb’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Holcomb. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The community was founded in 1901 on land that once was the home site of Choctaw Indian Chief Isaac Perry.

At one time, Holcomb was home to a stave factory, Munger System Gin, axe handle factory, church, saw mill, and several general stores. The Bank of Holcomb was established in 1905.

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Holcomb, decade by decade

Before
2000
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Today6 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Holcomb is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Holcomb has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Confederate Redoubt in Grenada, 8.9 miles away.

Holcomb and the nearest listed places

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Confederate RedoubtEvergreen PlantationOdd Fellows and Confederate CemeteryUS Post Office-GrenadaMargin St. Historic DistrictSen. Edward C. Walthall House

Closest to Holcomb

Confederate RedoubtGrenada · Structure8.9miEvergreen PlantationGrenada · Built 18538.9miOdd Fellows and Confederate CemeteryGrenada · Site9.3miUS Post Office-GrenadaGrenada · Building9.6miMargin St. Historic DistrictGrenada · District9.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Confederate Redoubt’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Holcomb?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Holcomb’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Grenada📜 North Carrollton📜 Duck Hill📜 Charleston

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