Kilmichael’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Kilmichael. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The population in 1900 was 227. The Bank of Kilmichael was established in 1904.
In 2001, the all-white board of aldermen cancelled town elections after citing a need for more time to implement election changes. Allegedly, the elections were delayed in order to avoid electing black politicians. The Justice Department intervened under the Voting Rights Act and forced a special election, in which Kilmichael elected its first black mayor and three black aldermen.
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Start Kilmichael’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kilmichael’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewKilmichaelMSSign: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Kilmichael, decade by decade
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Nothing in Kilmichael is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kilmichael has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stafford's Wells Hotel in Winona, 9.7 miles away.
Kilmichael 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 KilmichaelMSSign and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.