The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusStoneville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in northeastern Washington County, Mississippi. Deer Creek flows through Stoneville. A post office was established in 1876, and remains open. Stoneville was incorporated in 1882, though it is no longer incorporated. Stoneville was a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, established in the 1880s, and a stop on the Columbus and Greenville Railway, established in the 1920s. The Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center is located in Stoneville. George B. Vogt was a notable entomologist there. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 39.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stoneville 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 Stoneville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stoneville’s history is told.
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Stoneville, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Stoneville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stoneville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Leland Historic District in Leland, 1.8 miles away.
Stoneville 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.