The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMarietta is a town in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Marietta had a population of 198.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 256 to 198 (-23%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marietta 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.
Start Marietta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marietta’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Marietta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Marietta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Baldwyn Historic District in Baldwyn, 9.2 miles away.
Marietta and the nearest listed places
How a place gets 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 (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.