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Pope’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pope. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Pope is a village in Panola County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pope had a population of 268.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 215 to 268 (+25%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pope has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lee House in Batesville, 6.7 miles away.

Pope and the nearest listed places

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Lee HouseMitchell and McLendon General MerchantsBatesville Historic DistrictWinona Community HouseWalker High SchoolSand Spring Presbyterian Church

Closest to Pope

Lee HouseBatesville · Built 18806.7miMitchell and McLendon General MerchantsOakland · Building6.8miBatesville Historic DistrictBatesville · District7.1miWinona Community HouseBatesville · Building12miWalker High SchoolOakland · Building13mi

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. Lee House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pope?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pope’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Courtland📜 Batesville📜 Oakland📜 Crowder

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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