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History · Lula

Lula’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Lula. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
15recent photos
Cotton choppers on northwest part of the Mississippi Delta land near Lula, Mississippi, 1936 · Library of Congress

The story

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The town of Lula was chartered by the state of Mississippi on February 24, 1890 and platted a few years prior, when the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railroad built a line through the area in 1884.

On April 26, 2011, a tornado—part of the 2011 Super Outbreak—traveled from Elaine, Arkansas, to Lula. The tornado was rated EF0, with estimated wind speeds of 75 mph (121 km/h; 65 kn). The tornado's path of destruction was 200 yards (180 m) wide and the tornado travelled a path of 21.5 miles (34.6 km) along Highway 61. The tornado ripped the roof off a church near Lula.

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Timeline

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1936Cotton choppers on northwest part of the Missis…LOC
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCotton choppers on northwest part…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Lula

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Unita BlackwellUnita BlackwellPolitics & LawMaud JeffriesMaud JeffriesFilm, TV & StageRARex ArmisteadNotableRansom A. MyersRansom A. MyersScience & Medicine
By decade

Lula, decade by decade

1930s1 item
Cotton choppers on northwest part of the Mississippi Delta land near Lula, MississippiLOCCotton choppers on northwest part of the Mississippi Delta …1936
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today15 photos
Remains of an old gas stationLOCRemains of an old gas station2016What's left of a very old gas station in "downtown" Lula, MississippiLOCWhat's left of a very old gas station in "downtown" Lula, M…2016Old commercial buildingsLOCOld commercial buildings2016Old cotton ginLOCOld cotton gin2016Old cotton ginLOCOld cotton gin2016A "crawler" sprinkler in a farm field outside Lula, MississippiLOCA "crawler" sprinkler in a farm field outside Lula, Mississ…2016Humble homeLOCHumble home2016Decrepit house and porch furnishingsLOCDecrepit house and porch furnishings2016Mississippi River bridge between farmland near Lula, Mississippi, and Helena, ArkansasLOCMississippi River bridge between farmland near Lula, Missis…2016Old cotton gin near Lula, MississippiLOCOld cotton gin near Lula, Mississippi2016Agricultural shedsLOCAgricultural sheds2016Agricultural shedsLOCAgricultural sheds2016Lula, MississippiCommonsLula, Mississippi2014MSMap-doton-LulaCommonsMSMap-doton-Lula2007Planted field in Lula, Mississippi, on June 2, 2006CommonsPlanted field in Lula, Mississippi, on June 2, 20062006
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lula is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lula has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Yazoo Pass Levee in Lula, 4.2 miles away.

Lula and the nearest listed places

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Yazoo Pass LeveeBattery DHelena DepotEstevan HallWilliam A. Short HouseCherry Street Historic District

Closest to Lula

Yazoo Pass LeveeLula · Site4.2miBattery DHelena-West Helena · Site7.7miHelena DepotHelena-West Helena · Built 19907.7miEstevan HallHelena-West Helena · Building7.8miWilliam A. Short HouseHelena-West Helena · Building7.9mi

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. Yazoo Pass Levee’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lula?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lula’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cotton choppers on northwest part of the Mississippi Delta land near Lula, Mississippi (1936) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Coahoma📜 Jonestown📜 Helena-West Helena📜 Friars Point

From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (13). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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