Pittsboro’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Pittsboro. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPittsboro is a village in and the county seat of Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pittsboro had a population of 157.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 202 to 157 (-22%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pittsboro 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 belowStart Pittsboro’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pittsboro’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPSM V83 D473 Petrified log from, 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Pittsboro
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Pittsboro, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Pittsboro is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pittsboro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is New Liberty School in Vardaman, 7.4 miles away.
Pittsboro 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 PSM V83 D473 Petrified log from (1913) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.