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History · Kearney Park

Kearney Park’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Kearney Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on Livingston-Vernon Road in western Madison County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,048. Kearney Park is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,054 people in 2010, 1,048 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1970.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kearney Park 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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Kearney Park, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Kearney Park is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kearney Park has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sedgewood Plantation in Kearney Park, 3.1 miles away.

Kearney Park and the nearest listed places

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Sedgewood PlantationYazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad DepotChapel of the CrossSub RosaJohn F. Cates HouseBig John Hart House

Closest to Kearney Park

Sedgewood PlantationKearney Park · Greek Revival3.1miYazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad DepotFlora · Building3.2miChapel of the CrossMadison · Gothic · Built 18508.7miSub RosaClinton · Greek Revival · Built 185510.3miJohn F. Cates HouseBolton · Greek Revival · Built 185911.3mi

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. Sedgewood Plantation’s page links to a real one.
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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.

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