A history of Pace,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Pace from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPace is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 183. The community is named after James Henry Pace, a planter and land owner in the region.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 274 to 183 (-33%). Half of its homes were built before 1997.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pace 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 Pace’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 viewSon of sharecropper washing face.…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pace, decade by decade
LOCSon of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississippi. B…1939
LOCHouse of sharecroppers near Pace, Mississippi. Background p…1939
LOCBarn of sharecropper near Pace, Mississippi. Background pho…1939
LOCKitchen table, farm family near Pace, Mississippi. Backgrou…1939
LOCBack door of sharecropper's house1939
LOCPrivy of sharecropper's farmstead near Pace, Mississippi. B…19391990s
Nothing in Pace is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pace has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cleveland Founders Historic District in Cleveland, 8.4 miles away.
Pace and the nearest listed places
Closest to Pace
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Son of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississippi. Background, Sunflower Plantation, Mississippi (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.