Inverness’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Inverness. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusInverness is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 868 at the 2020 census. As the town had the largest cotton gin in the Mississippi Delta, it served as a gathering place for farmers from the region when they brought their cotton for processing. The town was heavily damaged by a tornado in 1971.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,019 to 868 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Inverness 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Inverness’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Inverness’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewF5 Tornado damage in, 1971: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Inverness, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Inverness is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Inverness has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Woodburn Bridge in Indianola, 7 miles away.
Inverness and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as F5 Tornado damage in (1971) 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.