A history of Merigold,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Merigold from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMerigold (sometimes misspelled as Marigold or Merrigold) is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 379.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 439 to 379 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Merigold 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Merigold’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewStore, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Merigold
See all 1 →Merigold, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Merigold is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Merigold has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mound Bayou Bank in Mound Bayou, 2.5 miles away.
Merigold 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 Store (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.