The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Roxie was founded in 1886 on a plot of farmland donated by John Quincy Adams Graves, who was the County Supervisor and a former soldier in the Regimental Band of the 4th Volunteer Mississippi Regiment during the Civil War. The town was named in honor of Graves' newborn daughter.
The town was located at the crossroads of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Most of the early residents were employed by the railroads or worked in the logging industry and sawmills.
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Start Roxie’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roxie’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Roxie is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Roxie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clear Springs Recreation Area in Meadville, 7.6 miles away.
Roxie 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 (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.