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History · Mantee

Mantee’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mantee is a village in Webster County, Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, Mantee had a population of 237.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 232 to 237 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mantee 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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Mantee, 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 Mantee is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mantee has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Montpelier Historic District in Mantee, 6.4 miles away.

Mantee and the nearest listed places

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Montpelier Historic DistrictTurnage HousePowell-Vail HouseClay County Agricultural High SchoolPheba Historic DistrictWood Home for Boys

Closest to Mantee

Montpelier Historic DistrictMantee · Building6.4miTurnage HouseMantee · Building8.5miPowell-Vail HousePheba · Building10.8miClay County Agricultural High SchoolPheba · District11.2miPheba Historic DistrictPheba · District11.3mi

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. Montpelier Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mantee?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mantee’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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