The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLumberton is a city in Lamar and Pearl River counties, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Lumberton had a population of 1,617.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,086 to 1,617 (-22%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lumberton 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lumberton’s history is told.
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Lumberton, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Lumberton
1 place in Lumberton is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories 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.