Mantachie’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mantachie. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town began as a crossroads store owned and operated by Woods Pearce. Near Mantachie on the old Jacinto Road was the largest Chickasaw village in this section of the state. Mantachie was named for one of the Chickasaw chiefs, Man-ta-chee. Most of the Chickasaws left the village after the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek was signed in 1832.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mantachie’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mantachie
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Mantachie, decade by decade
Nothing in Mantachie is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mantachie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tombigbee State Park in Plantersville, 9.3 miles away.
Mantachie 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 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Mississippi - Itawamba County - ED 29-1, ED 29-2, ED 29-3, ED 29-4, ED … (1850) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.