The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSledge is a town located in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 368.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 545 to 368 (-32%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sledge 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.
Start Sledge’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sledge’s history is told.
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Sledge, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Sledge is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sledge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Crenshaw House in Crenshaw, 5.1 miles away.
Sledge 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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.